[syslinux] Gfxboot COMBOOT module vs Ubuntu patches

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Fri Jul 17 12:18:18 PDT 2009


Sebastian Herbszt wrote:
> 
> As far as i know gfxboot works with syslinux, lilo and grub. It has its own
> functions for graphic, audio and serial input. If the support for lilo 
> and grub is going to stay those functions can't just be ripped out. I don't think 
> it's possible to retain one gfxboot binary for all supported loaders if the SYSLINUX API
> will be used. The result could be a gfxboot COM32 (?) module for SYSLINUX
> and a different gfxboot binary for lilo and grub. Having to support two 
> different binaries might be a pain tho.
> 

You'd need an implementation of the underlying APIs to support others 
bootloaders.

	-hpa




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