Document PXELINUX timeout fix

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 58e91cd..1aa3557 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ Changes in 3.20:
        * mboot.c32 bug fixes.
        * Remove 8 MB kernel size restriction.
        * Add "klibc" target for building unix/syslinux with klcc.
+       * PXELINUX: Fail (and eventually reboot) if no configuration
+         file was found.
 
 Changes in 3.11:
        * MEMDISK: Fix bug by which accessing the real floppy disk

diff --git a/pxelinux.doc b/pxelinux.doc
index ee1fbed..c029ed5 100644 (file)
--- a/pxelinux.doc
+++ b/pxelinux.doc
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ Note that all filename references are relative to the directory
 pxelinux.0 lives in.  PXELINUX generally requires that filenames
 (including any relative path) are 127 characters or shorter in length.
 
+Starting in release 3.20, PXELINUX will no longer apply a built-in
+default if it cannot find any configuration file at all; instead it
+will reboot after the timeout interval has expired.  This keeps a
+machine from getting stuck indefinitely due to a boot server failure.
+
 PXELINUX does not support MTFTP, and I have no immediate plans of
 doing so.  It is of course possible to use MTFTP for the initial boot,
 if you have such a setup.  MTFTP server setup is beyond the scope of