[syslinux] Syslinux 5 (i)pxelinux.0 unnecessary PATH requests

[Shao Miller]

On 12/12/2012 07:54, Thomas Bächler wrote:
> Am 11.12.2012 19:50, schrieb Shao Miller:
>> Are you using DHCP option 210?  It is documented in doc/pxelinux.txt and
>> is related to where PXELINUX goes looking for things.  Yes, PATH cannot
>> be processed until ldlinux.c32 is fetched, but option 210 is processed
>> before.  - Shao
>
> As Arends also pointed out, this is not very helpful.
>
> I have setups where I set 210 to the root, and set filename to
> /path/to/pxelinux.0. A better alternative would be to look in the
> dirname of the boot filename first.

That is exactly what doc/pxelinux.txt documents that PXELINUX does 
_without_ option 210.  You are _overriding_ "the dirname of the boot 
filename" by using 210.  - Shao