[syslinux] MultiFS syntax definition

Raphael S Carvalho raphael.scarv at gmail.com
Wed Jun 4 13:36:57 PDT 2014


On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 5:21 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:
> On 06/04/2014 11:09 AM, Raphael S Carvalho wrote:
>> Before proceeding with the MultiFS patchset, let's discuss the MultiFS syntax.
>>
>> It's currently as follows:
>> (hd[disk number]:[partition number])/path/to/file
>>
>> Any objections?
>>
>
> As others have pointed out, I'd rather use a comma, but even more
> specifically, we already *have* a very sophisticated syntax for
> partition selection: this is what chain.c32 currently consumes.  It lets
> us specify partitions not just by disk/partition number but also by
> various kinds of other attributes like MBR signatures and UUIDs.
>
> So we should just (re-)use that syntax.
Agreed. the whole chain directory will have to be moved to com32/lib,
or common code pulled into a new file. Which one does sound better
to you?
>
>         -hpa
>
>



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Raphael S. Carvalho


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