[syslinux] Thoughts: chaindev -> altchain
Michal Soltys
soltys at ziu.info
Sun Mar 6 12:28:21 PST 2011
Hi
I was thniking about that chaindev branch I see slowly
rotting in my git - and I was wondering: would it be
acceptable to change it from "replace existing
chain.c32" to "provide alternative altchain.c32" ?
The rationale for such request:
- chaindev resides in its own directory under com32,
so there're no conflicts possible
- the dependency on disklib is trivial to solve - just
move disklib.{c,h} (which is de-facto used only by chain,
and consists of functions moved outside original
chain.c) to the chaindev subdir; any further swaps (e.g.
towards core disk functions) / backporting would be
a trivial matter too
- the code would be easily available for others to
experiment with (use, patch, comment). I haven't had
any problems presonally since my last commit, and
it was tested pretty extensively
- the documentation is also included, though it needs
some un-engrishing and a bit more friendliness
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