[syslinux] Syslinux-4.06-pre14

[Matt Fleming]

On Wed, 2012-10-17 at 13:55 +0200, Ady wrote:
> Subject:        	Re: [syslinux] Syslinux-4.06-pre14
> Date sent:      	Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:35:59 +0100
> 
> > 
> > If you have any suggestions for clarification, please share. I am also
> > unsure how the text could be improved.
> > 
> 
> Well, for those that I don't understand, it's a little bit more 
> difficult for me to suggest how to clarify them :). For example, what 
> is "tree support" on com32? What is the user supposed to be able to 
> override now in EXTLINUX? If the user doesn't understand it, he won't 
> be able to use such new feature either.

The new feature is "device tree support". Device trees are data
structures for describing the layout of devices on a platform. The
second item you mention allows the user to override device detection in
EXTLINUX.

> > > Additionally, during the 4.06 development, there was an improvement 
> > > for SYSLINUX about handling some relative paths (which were already 
> > > handled correctly by ISOLINUX). I don't know if it is worth 
> > > mentioning in the changelog (or maybe it is already part of the 
> > > jargon in there I don't understand?).
> > 
> > Do you know what specifically was changed? I'm afraid I don't recall.
> > 
> 
> It started after 4.06-pre7, up to pre11 included. Some threads 
> related to it STARTED at:
>    http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2012-June/017690.html   
>    http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2012-June/017705.html   
> 
> Basically, SYSLINUX was supporting limited relative paths with one 
> "../" (and maybe "../../"; I don't remember), and now paths such as 
> "../../other_dir/" are also supported. ISOLINUX was already 
> supporting such relative paths. Additionally, when pwd.c32 is used, 
> instead of displaying the path in a relative notation (when relative 
> paths were used in the cfg file), it always displays the absolute 
> resulting path.
> 
> As I said, I don't know if it is worth mentioning in the changelog, 
> or maybe some of those "cryptic" (for me) items already mentioned are 
> related to this improvement.

This isn't currently mentioned, but it seems worthwhile to add it to
NEWS. Thanks.

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center