[syslinux] Gfxboot COMBOOT module

[Steffen Winterfeldt]

On Tue, 7 Oct 2008, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > i announce you the gfxboot COMBOOT module which is written in assembler.
> > Since i didn't find as much spare time as i have hoped last weekend it is
> > far from complete. Nevertheless the module is able to interact with the
> > bincode ([1] and [2]) in the bootlogo cpio archive from the openSUSE 10.2
> > mini cd. So far it is able to call the bincode gfxboot code and setup some
> > menu entries. Some callbacks (status, open and read) have already been
> > implemented but it is missing a config file parser, so the menu entries are
> > hard coded. This also applies to other parts like some values of the 
> > sysconfig structure.
> > 
> > [1] http://img375.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gfxboot1bp9.jpg
> > [2] http://img375.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gfxboot3bp5.jpg
> > 
> 
> Hey, cool!

Very nice indeed! Looks like I can finally stop patching syslinux. :-)


Steffen

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