[syslinux] [PATCH 0/3] v2: mbr: Ctrl-key press forces load from first hard disk

[Geert Stappers]

Op 20090404 om 04:37 schreef Erwan:
> TJ wrote:
>> Version 2 of these patches includes optimisations suggested by H Peter
>> Alvin to save bytes:
>>
>>   * Use memory-mapped I/O register to read keyboard shift flags
>>   * Don't reload DX from memory; move immediate byte to register
>>
>> Tested using mbr.bin.
>>
>> TJ (3):
>>   mbr: Ctrl-key press forces load from first hard disk
>>   gptmbr: Ctrl-key press forces load from first hard disk
>>   isohdpfx: Ctrl-key press forces load from first hard disk
>>   
> This features sounds interesting and usefull but without any  
> documentation, it might be forgotten by many of us.
>
> Could you provide a patch for integrating some doc :
> - What issue that patch is solving ?
> - When do we use it ?
> - How do we use it ?
>
> Would be lovely in order not to let that patch get out of our memories :p


And with this reminder it is fresh in our memory again.


Stappers