[syslinux] ROSH: Status

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 06/18/2010 10:42 AM, Liu Aleaxander wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Gene Cumm<gene.cumm at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Just a status update on my progress with ROSH: I now have it able to
>> compile as a COM32 and Linux ELF on the pathbased branch.  The main
>> reason I am using the Linux ELF is to test and compile a little easier
>> and faster.  At this point, it's approaching a stable, usable state.
>>
>> However, it depends on some changes to libutil, the main COM32
>> library, and the Syslinux core.  I think I have the libutil changes
>> done (Linux terminal behavior).  The COM32 library still needs changes
>> to return the full file type/mode.  Corresponding changes need to be
>> made in the Syslinux core.
>>
> Hi Gene,
>
> Where can I check your code? Do you have a syslinux git tree
> somewhere? I'm asking
> since I plan to port gnu readline lib to syslinux. Well, that's just a
> plan in my mind, I don't even
> have time so far to do some investigation to check whether it work or
> not. So, what's your
> new features, or goal on ROSH?
>
> hpa, I remembered KlausM was working on the new command line
> interface. What is the status now?

Hi Liu,

That code is currently sitting in the "elflink" branch, which is slated 
to become Syslinux 5.  Feng Tang from Intel has done some work on it, 
but it needs a mega-merge with the top of the pathbased branch... a lot 
of changes has happened in the pathbased (Syslinux 4) branch since that 
happened.

	-hpa