[syslinux] [RFC/PATCH] New chainloading functionality

[Michal Soltys]

On 27.07.2010 01:02, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 07/26/2010 03:50 PM, Michal Soltys wrote:
>>
>> To retain compatibility with older configs simple invocation such as seg=0x60
>> is perfectly valid. Only potential incompatibilities here, is if someone used
>> decimal values (e.g. seg=96) or if someone used seg= to actually control boot
>> sector address/jump (extremely unlikely).
>>
>
> Hm... I don't like this; overall I don't like numbers that default to
> hex with no override.
>
> I'm willing to accept that if it has a colon in it it is parsed as hex,
> just because seg:offs values get really awkward otherwise, but not in
> general.
>

Then maybe just leave it as it is now - defaults to decimal + override 
in all cases (colons or not). More consistent this way.