[syslinux] com32 module compatibility between 5.x versions

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Sat Aug 10 09:21:29 PDT 2013


On 08/10/2013 08:02 AM, Pete Batard wrote:
> On 2013.08.10 04:07, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>> My application already its own version of the Syslinux installer [1],
>>> and simply requires the relevant ldlinux.sys file to be provided.
>>
>> But that, too, is version-specific.
> 
> I think there may be a misunderstanding here.
> 
> Are you saying that when installing ldlinux.sys + ldlinux.bss v5.01 on a
> FAT filesystem, the installer needs to perform something different than
> when when installing ldlinux.sys + ldlinux.bss v5.10 (outside of the
> differences prompted by the bss itself)?
> 

Potentially, yes.  I don't think 5.01 and 5.10 specifically have any
chances, but changes could be at any time.

	-hpa




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