[syslinux] Gfxboot COMBOOT module

Steffen Winterfeldt wfeldt at suse.de
Wed Oct 15 04:11:48 PDT 2008


On Tue, 14 Oct 2008, Sebastian Herbszt wrote:

> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
> >>
> >> Short update:
> >> gfxboot module is now working with syslinux, extlinux and isolinux.
> >> getcwd, chdir and readsector callbacks have been somewhat implemented.
> >> Most hard coded values have been replaced by runtime calculated ones.
> >> Config file parser is still missing. I intent to implement something 
> >> simple
> >> just understanding LABEL and TIMEOUT.
> >> Current syntax is "gfxboot.com <bootlogo>".
> >>
> >
> > Why not use the existing readconfig.c parser (used by the menu system)?
> >  It's likely it will be used by the CLI in a future version, too.
> 
> I think readconfig.c from com32/menu is usable by COM32 modules (32-bit 
> protected mode). gfxboot is a COMBOOT module (16-bit real mode, pure
> assembler code). I don't see how i could use it. What am i missing here?

Uhm, why's that? gfxboot is written in 32 bit code and runs in pm; why do you
want to turn it into a 16 bit module?


Steffen

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