[syslinux] Boot sector file testcases

[Gene Cumm]

On May 15, 2012 6:22 PM, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:
>
> On 05/15/2012 02:20 PM, Gene Cumm wrote:
> > On May 14, 2012 3:47 AM, "Matt Fleming" <matt at console-pimps.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Does anyone have a collection of bootable .bs, .bss, .bin and .img files
> >> that I could use for testing the booting functionality on the elflink
> >> branch? A copy of the files and config file lines should be enough to
> >> produce a testcase.
> >
> > Would diag/mbr/handoff.S be suitable for the .bs case?  As mentioned
> > before, there are build-time configurables as #define statements.
> >
>
> It might work that way, no?

It's just an MBR/VBR that prints handoff data.  It should be usable
and give a quick glance of how the handoff is acting (assuming you
know what you're expecting in the first place).  I designed it to be
compatible with FAT32 so with instructions in the source, building a
.bs/.bss compatible image should be easy but the patched .bss data
won't be printed.

--Gene