[syslinux] extlinux: missing text on serial output

[Ferenc Wagner]

"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com> writes:

> Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> 
>> fixes this issue on syslinux and extlinux.  Pxelinux doesn't exhibit
>> this issue, it prints the say message either way.  I couldn't test
>> isolinux.  Also I can't tell if it's the correct fix, because I got
>> lost between the dozens of output functions, but this will probably be
>> obvious for you.
>
> Yes, and so it is.
>
> In fact, this is so obvious that I am going to change the names:
>
> 	writestr -> early_writestr
> 	cwritestr -> writestr
>
> ... to better reflect what these functions actually do.
>
> PXELINUX and ISOLINUX have writestr == cwritestr so are unaffected.

Thanks for the explanation.  writestr.inc has the following comment:

; Note: writestr and cwritestr are distinct in SYSLINUX (only)

Extlinux probably came later, but should be included.
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Cheers,
Feri.