[syslinux] Thoughts: chaindev -> altchain

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 03/06/2011 12:28 PM, Michal Soltys wrote:
> 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
> 

Refresh my memory ... (yes, I know I have been the bottleneck in a lot
of things lately), but is this a 1:1 replacement (or superset), or is
this an incompatible change?

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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