[syslinux] Dynamic Linker

[Stefan Bucur]

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Loginov Alexander <aloginov at asmpt.com> wrote:
>
> I am wondering how far is it currently from the practical usability?
> Stefan, when do you plan to release the first workable version?
>

Hello, Alex!

The dynamic linker core functionality is already done, however it was
tested only in userspace, as a regular Linux executable, and not in
SYSLINUX.

In the next two or three weeks I expect to have a fully featured
SYSLINUX COM32 module which would be able to dynamically load multiple
ELF modules, and be ready for testing by the community. This is my job
as a Google Summer of Code student, thus I need to have everything
finished before the program deadline (which is August 18th). I will
post any notable progresses on this list. I will also write module
documentation on the wiki. For even more details, you can also
subscribe by RSS to my git repository, here:
http://git.zytor.com/?p=users/stefanb/syslinux-elf.git;a=summary

hpa plans to take my work into the official repository for the
SYSLINUX 4.0 release, which most probably is going to happen after the
GSoC program finishes. He can give more details regarding how this is
going to be done, but before SYSLINUX 4.0 release, you should be able
to dynamically load ELF modules only if you first load the COM32
module I will soon write.

Cheers,
Stefan Bucur