[syslinux] 5.00pre11 initial comments

[Ady]

> On Nov 28, 2012 8:57 AM, "Ady" <ady-sf at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Initial comments about 5.00-pre11.
> >
> > 1_ Using ctrl+v at the boot prompt:
> >
> >  SYSLINUX 5.00 5.00-pre11CHS Copyright ...
> >
> > Initial copyright notice when booting to Syslinux prompt:
> >
> >  SYSLINUX 5.00 CHS 5.00-pre11 Copyright ...
> >
> > Request: make the ctrl+v result to be shown as the initial copyright
> > notice (including order and space characters).
> >
> >
> > 2_ Hello.c32 is still behaving differently than in 4.06.
> >
> > Either it doesn't show anything (I'll skip the details for such case
> > for now), or it shows something like:
> >
> > Hello world, from 0x001FA200! malloc return 0x001fb450
> >
> > and when repeating hello.c32 from the prompt, part of the values are
> > different each time.
> >
> > Please clarify if the new behavior is the new expected one, or find
> > the reason to the changed behavior.
> 
> Does 4.06 show the same value each iteration for you?

No, just "Hello world!", but hello.c32 in 4.06 is built on a 
different file, so I don't know if the problem is the bootloader or 
the source file of hello.c32 or something else. Whatever it is, I 
tend to think that the new behavior is not the expected one.

> 
> > Having an unexpected behavior in hello.c32 could potentially mean
> > that "something" is not quite right.
> >
> >
> > 3_ The initial boot prompt is shown at an inadequate line in the
> > screen.
> >
> > For example, the first line of a DISPLAY file is not seen, because
> > the prompt uses that same line. The prompt should appear AFTER the
> > end of the DISPLAY file.
> 
> Do you mean the first or last?  If the last line is effectively mangled/not
> shown, try putting a trailing new line in the file.

I mean the first line of the DISPLAY file.