[syslinux] hdt error on syslinux 6.0.4-pre1?

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 04/05/2016 06:10 PM, Ady via Syslinux wrote:
>  
> The described behavior refers to BIOS, not UEFI.
> 
> hdt.c32 in BIOS firmware would / should be expected to work correctly 
> even in older BIOS versions.
> 
> Whichever the case, I tend to have a different perspective about the 
> behavior presented in VMs. Instead of immediately thinking that the VM 
> software should be updated (which is a perfectly-valid point too), we 
> should rather take its behavior as "it is probably happening in some 
> real hardware too".
> 
> My (wild, UNeducated) assumption / guess: developers are testing 
> hdt.c32 (just as other parts of Syslinux) mostly in network-booting 
> scenarios, and much less (or not at all) tested / developed under other 
> situations.
> 
> If Erwan doesn't show up, it would be beneficial if some other 
> developer takes a look at HDT in the meantime.
> 

OK, I have checked in what I hope to be a fix to this problem.  If some
would be able to test it out it would be great.

If building from git isn't possible, let me know.

	-hpa