[syslinux] Embedding com32 modules and ldlinux.sys into one file

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 01/12/16 13:21, Tal Lubko via Syslinux wrote:
> 
> Hi Shao
> 
> The requirement is for the bootloader to be stored on the BIOS flash chip
> which will be read only.
> The BIOS will be modified to load bootloader from this chip.
> To simplify things and to avoid the need for a file system, I thought to
> store the bootloader as a single file.
> I don't reject the idea of using a very simple file-system to store the
> different bootloader files and loading it into RAM.
> 

The "single file" you describe *is* a filesystem.  Currently the
simplest such filesystem we have support for is iso9660, but that is
very space-inefficient.  Thus, it might be a good idea to add support
for a very compact and maybe even compressed filesystem.

	-hpa