[syslinux] EXT2FS lib ported to syslinux

[Don Hiatt]

On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 11:50 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 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
> 
> 

I'll take a look at the disklib branch. No, unfortunately, I don't have
a host to export the branch. Would something like github work (I've
never used it)?

don