[syslinux] [syslinux:disklib] disklib: make CHS calculation match core/fs/diskio.c

[Shao Miller]

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> On 10/14/2010 02:42 AM, Michal Soltys wrote:
> > On 10-10-14 02:40, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> >>
> >> Ideally, the code should be merged as closely as possible with
> >> core/fs/diskio.c, with the goal of making the diskio.c the *only* code
> >> in Syslinux 5.
> >
> > So in context of v5 - completely remove disklib, or keep it as a small
> > as-necessary wrapper around ./core/fs/diskio.c (for sake of com32
> > modules) ?
>
> It will depend on what makes sense.  I have the idea of actually
> supporting opening raw disks with "open" for Syslinux 5, but it might
> not be feasible ... and even then it might be desirable to have a
> compatibility wrapper.
>
> *However*, the core diskio code will need to be expanded to understand
> partitions, so a lot of the code currently in disklib should be possible
> to merge into the new core.
>

Somewhat unrelated: Some day in the far, far future, it might be nice to 
"re-image"[1] computers using INT 13h via one or more COMBOOT32 
programs.  - Shao

[1] Apply a disk or filesystem snapshot/saved-state.