[syslinux] [PATCH] mboot: set boot device

[Miller, Shao]

Speaking of mbinfo.boot_device (some time ago, but it's relationship
with "legacy GRUB"'s stage2's install_partition structure):

I see Sebastian's patch wasn't merged.  H. Peter had a concern over
precision.

If some of chain.c32 gets librarized (such as the start in my
com32lib_disk branch), we could potentially do the right thing for this
assignment in mboot.c32, as Gert H. and Paul B. gave consideration to in
chain.c32.

Technically, I think Pierre's work in gpllib/ already could help to make
this happen for mboot.c32, in regards to a reverse-lookup of the
Syslinux FS.  The licensing is different, though.  Pierre and I spoke
about duplication of effort...  I sort of thought that those portions in
gpllib/ that came from chain.c32 could be moved into com32/lib/syslinux/
with the licensing there (since the authors agree) and the remainder
could stay in gpllib/.  Pierre seemed ok with this.

- Shao Miller

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Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 16:15
To: Sebastian Herbszt
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Subject: Re: [syslinux] [PATCH] mboot: set boot device

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