[syslinux] [PATCH] isohybrid: user options

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Wed May 20 10:55:26 PDT 2009


Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> after comparing isohybrid of 3.72 and 3.80:
> Would
>   $id
> be another candidate for a user option ?
> 
> 3.72 generates a new one unconditionally,
> whereas 3.80 reads it from the System Area
> of the ISO image and keeps it if not 0.
> So there seems to be a meaning with $id
> that is worth to be preserved.
> Maybe it is worth to be user defined ?
> 

Possibly, yes.

> Has an opinion emerged about the fate
> of lfr's patch (with/without partition offset,
> with/without "geometry") ?

My only concern is I wanted a bit more of a Unix-like options syntax.  I
honestly need to go back and look at all the traffic, but yes, it's
worthwhile.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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