[syslinux] global append changes since version 5

Gene Cumm gene.cumm at gmail.com
Sun Mar 23 04:47:20 PDT 2014


On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 7:17 AM, Ady <ady-sf at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 2_ In prior versions, a specific entry was executed as follows:
>  <mykernel> <global_append> <myappend_options>
> corresponding to:
>
>  ***
>  # The following is the global append, not part of a label entry.
>  APPEND <global_append>
>
>  #The following is a sample entry
>  LABEL <mylabel>
>  KERNEL <mykernel>
>  APPEND <myappend_options>
>  ***
>
> In Syslinux 5+, the same entry will ignore the "global append",
> resulting in:
>  <mykernel>  <myappend_options>
>
> The old command:
>  <mykernel> <global_append> <myappend_options>
> can still be achieved by using the cmd.c32 module (see Syslinux
> wiki).

I just tried 3.86 and 4.05 and got the same as 5.00+ behavior.  What
exact version?  I don't see this in menu.c32 either.

-- 
-Gene


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