[syslinux] Problem with 90MB Initrd

[Gene Cumm]

On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Alan Sparks <asparks at doublesparks.net> wrote:
> On 10/1/2015 6:18 AM, Patrick Masotta via Syslinux wrote:
>
>> -Gene<<<
>> Considering any editing/buffering benefits are only marginal (AFAIK) there are not benefits with the current approach.On the other hand the list of potential problems includes:
>> 1) We cannot use the ubiquitous EFI PXEbc protocol forcing us to rely on the (not always present) EFI Binding Services.
>> Best,Patrick
>
> Speaking utterly ignorantly here... could this switch help with the
> issues we see with HP systems?  The load-and-hang many of them do with
> syslinux.efi as discussed here?   E.g., maybe they implement this
> protocol a little better...?

Regarding HP EFI systems with issues, there's yet another way that can
help syslinux.efi load ldlinux.e*, by using a timeout to turn off
UseDefaultAddress.

-- 
-Gene