[syslinux] EXT2FS lib ported to syslinux

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 08/18/2010 10:20 AM, Don Hiatt wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 10:07 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> On 08/18/2010 09:40 AM, Don Hiatt wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Is there any interest in a port of the EXT2FS lib (from
>>> e2fsprogs-1.41.11) to Syslinux? I have EXT2/3/4 read and write working
>>> from within C32 applications. 
>>>
>>
>> Absolutely!
>>
>> 	-hpa
>>
> 
> Great!
> 
> How should I submit the initial patches, it will be pretty large. Also,
> I'm currently using gpllib/disk/* for read/writes (with some some
> changes) but also noticed that chain.c32 has there own implementation
> and fixes from what I can tell. Should I uses that updated code instead?
> 
> I won't have time to submit the patches for a few days but let me know
> how you want it submitted and I'll get it to you really soon.
> 

Yes, there is a "disklib" branch in the git repo for unifying all that
stuff... I'm not sure if it hasall the fixes but it should be reasonably
stable.

Do you have the ability to export a git tree with your stuff?

	-hpa


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