[syslinux] syslinux 6.03 does not boot some kernels

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 12/07/2014 10:18 AM, Johann Hartwig Hauschild wrote:
> Am 07.12.2014 schrieb Geert Stappers:
>> On Sun, Dec 07, 2014 at 05:35:37PM +0100, Johann Hartwig Hauschild wrote:
>>>
>>> I just had a look at the kernel-docs and the discussion here in november.
>>> This issue should not be happening if I build a pre-3.3-kernel with
>>> CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y, CONFIG_EFI=y and CONFIG_EFI_STUB=y, right?
>>
>> Those are allready at those values
>> at http://www.alle-irre.de/~hardy/syslinux/linux-3.2.0-4-amd64/config-3.2.0-4-amd64
>>
> That's why I am asking. If this is an issue that was broken with every
> kernel release before 3.3 and there's no way to generate an appropriate
> config for those kernels thats (sort of) fine with me, but if it should work
> with an appropriate config but does not it really is a different matter.
> 

OK, if those options are set, then there is something else broken.  Most
likely it is still a difference in code paths that is breaking things.

	-hpa