[syslinux] [PATCH 00/05] Mending for mkdiskimage

[Geert Stappers]

Op 2014-01-30 om 21:54 schreef Thomas Schmitt:
> Hi,
> 
> following is a series of patches derived from my proposed diff.
> Based on syslinux-6.03-pre1, but should also apply down to 4.xx.
> 
> I hope to have imitated the changelog style sufficiently.
> Mine are a bit longer than usual with patches in the archive, i fear.

Yes, they are long.


> Instructions for the future are welcome.

A few weeks ago we did some hand-ons training
with a new series of patches.
 
That learning-by-doing was somehow pushed/helped/guided
by having these patch series in the e-mail backlog.

I'll repost the patches in a format that can be processed
with a tool like `git am` which does "apply patch"
and "add commit message". Please feel free to ask again
for feedback on provided patches. Don't worry about somebodies
else email-backlog, just show that you care.


> Each intermediate state is tested for its designated purpose only.
> The final state after applying all patches is tested with various
> options, suitable and unsuitable file types of various sizes.
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I will think about another patch for an option which zeroizes
> the whole device even if the partition size is given explicitely
> and matches a cylinder end. (mkdiskimage_05.patch only zeroizes
> a known incomplete cylinder after the partition end.)
> 
> Although mkdiskimage should be suitable now for USB sticks
> on unix-like systems beyond Linux, i still have no clue about
> USB sticks at NT/2K/XP/DOS systems.
> There is hope that the sysseek() method of size determination
> will work with a suitable file object. If only it has an address
> for sysopen().
> 
> 
> Have a nice day :)
> 
> Thomas
> 


Groeten
Geert Stappers
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