[syslinux] [PATCH 1/1] COMBOOT API: Add get current working directory call to most
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Sun Nov 9 16:40:49 PST 2008
Gene Cumm wrote:
> From: Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com>
>
> COMBOOT API: Add get current working directory call to most
>
> Signed-off-by: Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com>
>
> ---
>
> Adds an API call to obtain the current working directory. EXTLINUX
> will not return the correct value yet however SYSLINUX, ISOLINUX, and
> PXELINUX will return the correct value. For the moment, EXTLINUX will
> ONLY return "/" (null-terminated of course). In SYSLINUX and
> ISOLINUX, it presets the CurrentDirName string to "/" for safety.
> PXELINUX copies TFTP Prefix to CurrentDirName (minus the trailing
> "/").
>
Okay, this isn't quite right, especially in the case of the TFTP prefix;
the TFTP prefix may not end in '/', especially when the TFTP server is
not a Unix system. Therefore I think this call should return a prefix
(including a final '/' in case of the filesystem-based variants.)
-hpa
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