[syslinux] extlinux: missing text on serial output

[Ferenc Wagner]

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

> Ferenc Wagner wrote:
>> :) Yes, I can confirm that -pre22 doesn't exhibit this problem.
>> Thanks for fixing it!  Unfortunately, all is not well, invoking
>> any com32 module locks up on real hardware and QEMU alike...
>
> That's odd... I don't see that myself in Qemu.
>
> Does reverting checkin
> 34ffe9a0423644b7635683e462cab573f97ff255
> ("git revert 34ffe9a0423644b7635683e462cab573f97ff255") help at all?

Here's the final output of git-bisect:

4ba801edb01acae7281fe09f6225c38390033817 is first bad commit
commit 4ba801edb01acae7281fe09f6225c38390033817
Author: H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com>
Date:   Wed May 28 18:58:00 2008 -0700

    Assemble via ELF, to enable future linking
    
    Assemble all files to ELF instead of using the NASM built-in linker.
    This can enable us to do actual linking in the future.

:100644 100644 fc5482cc2ad3d2befd2913f8a641cb38e3abea71 cd35dd2f77cf658afc9e1336909c4c5204a880f0 M	.gitignore
:100644 100644 cbdb7b532dfc8b44ef8a078680c8d8913272e377 e1b719176b7a16e787edcdba3a009e960a480b94 M	Makefile
:040000 040000 24f2d7aa4937272cf953c3a2195a6cba4bd4ffa8 dfd3aae83cdf3ce88a7df3a324916a31a92a363e M	dos
:100644 100644 2b43533b5f3ebd49dd56e7051048a4bac1a8de34 6c2946c2a05eea55069d4d6bfbb9b5589dee3367 M	extlinux.asm
:040000 040000 dda6e679460d692d09ccbf036782b364adedb6cf 518251d651ecc0c0785955e8b66642ad8e30e183 M	extlinux
:100644 100644 95a7d193e4b0b35439bdce83131833d654cd7231 928f07fb7626a7c4b82fa4050523a5eca5837f63 M	head.inc
:100644 100644 c800f1b183ce15e8eeb4e45cb5f5d7c494e71f92 f58ec8fac728ae8843db0056d428bda2aa9ab608 M	layout.inc
:100644 100644 012fd3dabbe4481469fbd5147f95d16f23993800 86de458858cc5fdf3307161e2b07596f8c0e4b68 M	ldlinux.asm
:100755 100755 381c86c3fe919328d40bfcaeb6660ca763245da2 cec540291d33f83ea782469c7c0646d085ed26b6 M	lstadjust.pl
:040000 040000 149d94b70e3b048a5f89a834ab529cdff147e780 7e7f1f88dd5093e05fcdc2e617bb7ee52d560e43 M	mtools
:000000 100644 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 d6fa685df785ad1ab10df5dcc9044a69d716f6df A	syslinux.ld
:040000 040000 0be65c37b6433c7a8f7dff7dddc40d429512963b 5e3f1dd8da5969aca425417dba7c9b9615ee9534 M	unix

I'm using NASM 2.02 on an otherwise stock Debian Etch system.
-- 
Cheers,
Feri.