[syslinux] [PATCH 0/9] linux/syslinux: support ext2/3/4 device

[Ady]

> Hello,
> 
> Happy New Year!
> 
> These patches make syslinux/linux support ext2/3/4, and it doesn't
> require the root privilege, I'd like to add a separate e2fs/syslinux, if
> that is more appropriate, it should be easy to do that.
> 

> 
> Please feel free to give your comments, any suggestion is appreciated.
> 
> // Robert
> 
 
Thank you Robert for this patch.

Just to ease readers, specially for Peter (summing up from prior 
discussions about this [1]):

A_ linux/syslinux should not require dependencies; that's why it 
requires root privileges instead (before this path).

B_ mtools/syslinux requires dependencies, but can run with unprivileged 
write permissions.

C_ With this proposed patch, linux/syslinux would have a mix case:
C.1_ linux/syslinux would still require root privileges (for FAT); and
C.2_ linux/syslinux would have dependencies.

To maintain the current use-cases and the reasoning/goals for having 
different installers, a new installer should be created (instead of 
modifying the current use-case of linux/syslinux):

D_ A new e2fs/syslinux installer would be for ext2/3/4 what 
mtools/syslinux is for FAT, thus maintaining use-cases.

For more details, see [1].


[1] http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2014-December/023006.html 

Regards,
Ady.