[syslinux] [PATCH] mboot: set boot device

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 07/02/2010 04:20 AM, Miller, Shao wrote:
>
> 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.
>

As far as lib/ vs gpllib/: I'd really like to avoid library code written 
specifically for Syslinux ending up in gpllib/ -- we're already having a 
pretty complex licensing situation, and there is always the risk of 
having to GPL everything because it's too complex to manage.

	-hpa