[syslinux] [RFC][PATCH] Gfxboot COMBOOT module

Steffen Winterfeldt wfeldt at suse.de
Wed Nov 26 02:50:02 PST 2008


On Tue, 25 Nov 2008, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Steffen Winterfeldt wrote:
> > 
> > It is currently used to get some info from the iso9660 header. Also, it
> > would be needed if you're going to parse the partition table.
> > 
> No, reading the partition table needs some other stuff.

What other stuff?

> All in all, it really feels like gfxboot is worse than a kluge than I
> ever imagined...

Whatever. syslinux didn't provide a usable api when I started working on
gfxboot and you plain refused any co-op. So that's what you end up with.

It _might_ have helped when you'd given some constructive feedback over the
last years instead of always just complaining.

Sorry, I just had to say it.


Steffen

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