[syslinux] Gfxboot COMBOOT module vs Ubuntu patches

[Sebastian Herbszt]

Pierre-Alexandre Meyer wrote:
> Good afternoon Sebastian,
> 
>  I am working on upgrading the Ubuntu Syslinux package.
> It is currently not in sync with the Debian version, partially because
> of merge conflicts with the Gfxboot patches.
> 
> Cf:
> 
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/syslinux/+bug/270822
>   https://merges.ubuntu.com/s/syslinux/REPORT
> 
> I was wondering where your Gfxboot version comes from. I know both Suse and
> Ubuntu have patches, not sure how they relate to your module though.

Debian does ship pure syslinux. Ubuntu and SUSE both include Steffen's
syslinux-3.63.diff patch which implements an interface to gfxboot [1] and are both
still at syslinux-3.63.
The gfxboot module in syslinux/modules tries to implement the same interface but as
a COMBOOT module. It's based on the patch by Steffen and is intended to obsolete it.

[1] http://en.opensuse.org/Gfxboot

- Sebastian