[syslinux] Need help trying out new mboot.c32

[H. Peter Anvin]

Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've started writing a new mboot.c32 using the Syslinux native APIs; it
>> is currently on the new-mboot branch of the Syslinux git repository.
>> However, I don't have a huge number of things which use Multiboot set up
>> to test, so I'd really appreciate it if you're a user of mboot.c32 to
>> help me try this and report back positive or negative.
> 
> Config:
> 
> label xen
>  kernel mboot.c32
>  append xen-dbg-3.3.1_18494_03-1.8.gz noreboot ---
> vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-xen.gz
> 
> label xen2
>  kernel oldmboot.c32
>  append xen-dbg-3.3.1_18494_03-1.8.gz noreboot ---
> vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-31-xen.gz
> 
> where oldmboot.c32 is the one by Tim Deegan.
> 
> New mboot.c32 seems to swallow the "noreboot" parameter and not pass it
> to the xen kernel,
> because i am getting reboots in spite of specifiying it. Works fine with
> oldmboot.c32.
> Tested with syslinux-3.80-pre1-6-gf2dc4e1.
> 

That is really strange!  Any chance I could bother you to put together a
disk image (iso or hd image) that shows the problem?  It doesn't have to
actually be able to mount root, as long as I know what it *should* look
like.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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