platform/upstream/syslinux.git
16 years agoAdd __aligned() and __alignas() macros
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:01:20 +0000 (00:01 -0800)]
Add __aligned() and __alignas() macros

Add macros __aligned() (which takes a byte count), and __alignas()
(which takes a type or expression whose type is used, same as sizeof).

16 years agoVESA: Minor cleanups syslinux-3.62-pre6
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:37:33 +0000 (22:37 -0800)]
VESA: Minor cleanups

Minor cleanups for clarity

16 years agoVESA: move debugging code to separate header file
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:21:37 +0000 (22:21 -0800)]
VESA: move debugging code to separate header file

Move the debugging function to a separate header file, so we can
include it at will when convenient.

16 years agoSet the window size to 2 GB for linear framebuffer
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:17:03 +0000 (22:17 -0800)]
Set the window size to 2 GB for linear framebuffer

Set the window size to 2 GB for linear framebuffer, lest the
calculation:

    l = min(bytes, win_size-win_off);

... incorrectly returns zero when win_off == 0.

16 years agoBypass pixel conversion when the output format is BGRA32
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:43:00 +0000 (21:43 -0800)]
Bypass pixel conversion when the output format is BGRA32

When the output format is BGRA32, we don't need any conversion at
all.  Skip the dummy copy.

16 years agoTreat linear framebuffer as a degenerate paged framebuffer
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:38:37 +0000 (21:38 -0800)]
Treat linear framebuffer as a degenerate paged framebuffer

Simplify the code by treating linear framebuffer as a degenerate case
of a paged framebuffer (a single window covering all of memory, which
is already in position 0 - the only possible position.)

16 years agoVESA: move pixel formatting into __vesacon_copy_to_screen() syslinux-3.62-pre5
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:00:12 +0000 (19:00 -0800)]
VESA: move pixel formatting into __vesacon_copy_to_screen()

Make pixel formatting an integral part of __vesacon_copy_to_screen().
In order to cut down on the dispatch overhead, make the formatting
functions contain the pixel loop, so we only do indirect dispatch
twice per pixel row - once for the formatting and once for copying to
the screen.

16 years agoFix the calculation of bytes_per_pixel
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:03:17 +0000 (18:03 -0800)]
Fix the calculation of bytes_per_pixel

Handle cases where __vesa_info.mi.bpp is not a multiple of 8, e.g. 15.
Remove totally redundant switch statement in vesacon_update_characters().

16 years agoReplace C version of memmove() with slightly optimized assembly
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:49:38 +0000 (17:49 -0800)]
Replace C version of memmove() with slightly optimized assembly

Replace the C version of memmove() with a slightly more optimized
assembly version that at least can do dword-sized rep moves.

16 years agoDocument support for nonlinear frame buffers. syslinux-3.62-pre4
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:08:27 +0000 (16:08 -0800)]
Document support for nonlinear frame buffers.

16 years agoVESA: Support 15-bit RGB modes.
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:06:29 +0000 (16:06 -0800)]
VESA: Support 15-bit RGB modes.

If there are manufacturers which don't support linear framebuffers out
there, then there is probably someone who want a 15-bit mode, too.

16 years agoAdd support for paged (banked) VESA video mode
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:05:06 +0000 (16:05 -0800)]
Add support for paged (banked) VESA video mode

Add support for paged ("banked", non-linear-framebuffer) VESA video
modes.  Apparently some manufacturers haven't caught on that
non-linear graphics modes have been obsolete for 15 years or so
already.

16 years agoCorrect comment specific to SYSLINUX in the other derivatives
H. Peter Anvin [Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:58:29 +0000 (10:58 -0800)]
Correct comment specific to SYSLINUX in the other derivatives

There was a comment which applied to SYSLINUX that had been copied
verbatim to the other derivatives; fix.

16 years agoisolinux: spec buffer size is 13h (19), not 13
H. Peter Anvin [Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:56:39 +0000 (10:56 -0800)]
isolinux: spec buffer size is 13h (19), not 13

The El Torito spec says "13", but it's implicitly hexadecimal.  We got
it right in one place and wrong in another.  Fix.

16 years agoThe shuffle descriptors need to be unused for input *and* output syslinux-3.62-pre3
H. Peter Anvin [Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:38:39 +0000 (18:38 -0800)]
The shuffle descriptors need to be unused for input *and* output

The memory used to hold shuffle descriptors must be unused during the
entire execution of the shuffle sequence, and therefore needs to be
free at input *and* output time.

Once we have picked a region for the shuffle descriptors, we can free
this working copy and start over with a clean memory map, the only
thing we do there is mark as reserved the memory used by the
descriptors.

16 years agoChange the minimum number of shuffle descriptors to 64.
H. Peter Anvin [Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:53:20 +0000 (16:53 -0800)]
Change the minimum number of shuffle descriptors to 64.

Only use 64 as a static guarantee of the number of shuffle
descriptors; corresponding to 768 bytes of memory.

16 years agoQuery the shuffle descriptor set size and use it
H. Peter Anvin [Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:47:39 +0000 (16:47 -0800)]
Query the shuffle descriptor set size and use it

Query the maximum number of shuffle descriptors, and use that number
as the descriptor block size.

16 years agoMove the prototypes for syslinux_shuffle_boot_*()
H. Peter Anvin [Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:39:17 +0000 (16:39 -0800)]
Move the prototypes for syslinux_shuffle_boot_*()

Move the prototypes for syslinux_shuffle_boot_[pr]m() from
<syslinux/movebits.h> to <syslinux/boot[pr]m.h>, which anyway has the
required structure definitions.  #include <syslinux/movebits.h> in
those files instead of relying on forward structure definitions.

16 years agoA bit more exactitude in the documentation
H. Peter Anvin [Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:05:04 +0000 (16:05 -0800)]
A bit more exactitude in the documentation

16 years agoSwitch the display file and graphics routines to using the getc stack
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:56:45 +0000 (15:56 -0800)]
Switch the display file and graphics routines to using the getc stack

The file display and graphics routines used their own file management
since the old getc code did not nest.  The new one does (necessary to
support INCLUDE), so use the same routines and get rid of the ad hoc
buffer management.

16 years agogetc: don't clobber AH; return CF=1, AL=0 on end of file
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:48:25 +0000 (15:48 -0800)]
getc: don't clobber AH; return CF=1, AL=0 on end of file

Don't clobber AH when calling getc; when returning with CF=1 (EOF),
always return with AL=0.

16 years agoNEWS: document longer command line limit. syslinux-3.62-pre2
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:11:06 +0000 (14:11 -0800)]
NEWS: document longer command line limit.

16 years agosimple menu: extend command line size to 2047 characters
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:10:13 +0000 (14:10 -0800)]
simple menu: extend command line size to 2047 characters

Extend the command line size to 2047 characters.  The editor probably
doesn't deal all that well with it; as it pretty much needs a
scrolling window of some sort (2047 characters is bigger than an 80x25
screen.)

Worry about that bit later.

16 years agoChange command line limit to 2047 characters
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:09:07 +0000 (13:09 -0800)]
Change command line limit to 2047 characters

Change the command line limit to 2047 characters, which is also the
current kernel limit.  As a result, shuffle around the memory layout
to make the larger buffers fit.

TODO: consider moving vgafontbuf to getcseg, and try to make do with
fewer command line-sized buffers.

16 years agoRemove last users of getcbuf; reclaim the address space
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:32:24 +0000 (00:32 -0800)]
Remove last users of getcbuf; reclaim the address space

Remove the last few uses of getcbuf (to extend trackbuf for shuffle
descriptors, and for temp storage during pxelinux config file search.)
As a result, change the way RBFG_brainfuck is handled in pxelinux (at
some point it's probably not worth maintaining anymore, as RBFG is no
longer widely used); add a .bss2 section for the region between the
RBFG zone and the stack.

16 years agoshuffle: avoid computing block lists that will never converge
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:35:41 +0000 (18:35 -0800)]
shuffle: avoid computing block lists that will never converge

It is safe to assume that the number of moves will never decrease as
the reserved memory space increases; thus, no need to do individual
increments; skip ahead.

16 years agoDocument changes syslinux-3.62-pre1
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:00:15 +0000 (18:00 -0800)]
Document changes

16 years agoHandle arbitrary numbers of shuffle descriptors
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:55:29 +0000 (17:55 -0800)]
Handle arbitrary numbers of shuffle descriptors

Allocate high memory out of the way to hold the shuffle descriptors,
and generate continuation descriptors as needed.

16 years agocomboot: guarantee at least 256 shuffle descriptors
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:54:18 +0000 (17:54 -0800)]
comboot: guarantee at least 256 shuffle descriptors

Make a static guarantee of a minimum of 256 shuffle descriptors.

16 years agoWorking on version 3.62
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:34:21 +0000 (17:34 -0800)]
Working on version 3.62

16 years agosimple menu: support sha256 and sha512 passwords
H. Peter Anvin [Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:53:07 +0000 (22:53 -0800)]
simple menu: support sha256 and sha512 passwords

Add support for sha256 and sha512 passwords in the simple menu system.

16 years agocom32/*: move _GNU_SOURCE definitions into Makefiles
H. Peter Anvin [Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:52:36 +0000 (22:52 -0800)]
com32/*: move _GNU_SOURCE definitions into Makefiles

We need _GNU_SOURCE when compiling for Linux in enough places.  Just
move it to the LNXCFLAGS definition in the Makefiles.

16 years agolibutil: add header file <xcrypt.h> for extended crypt routines
H. Peter Anvin [Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:50:32 +0000 (22:50 -0800)]
libutil: add header file <xcrypt.h> for extended crypt routines

Add a common header file, xcrypt.h, for the various extended crypt
routines (md5, sha256, sha512).

16 years agomempcpy(): correct naming of the mempcpy() function
H. Peter Anvin [Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:48:25 +0000 (22:48 -0800)]
mempcpy(): correct naming of the mempcpy() function

All the internal symbols in mempcpy.S were "memcpy", which is
obviously wrong.

16 years agosimple menu: update copyright notices; clean whitespace
H. Peter Anvin [Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:35:00 +0000 (22:35 -0800)]
simple menu: update copyright notices; clean whitespace

16 years agosimple menu: break password comparisons out into a separate file
H. Peter Anvin [Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:32:46 +0000 (22:32 -0800)]
simple menu: break password comparisons out into a separate file

Move passwd_compare() into a separate source file, for cleanliness.

16 years agomenu.c: add missing return statement
H. Peter Anvin [Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:31:32 +0000 (22:31 -0800)]
menu.c: add missing return statement

draw_background() returns int; make it return 0.

16 years agoSimple menu system: move to dedicated subdirectory
H. Peter Anvin [Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:26:06 +0000 (22:26 -0800)]
Simple menu system: move to dedicated subdirectory

Move the simple menu system into its own subdirectory, to make it more
obvious which source files are part of it.

16 years agomemdump: avoid comma in filenames
H. Peter Anvin [Fri, 8 Feb 2008 22:59:59 +0000 (14:59 -0800)]
memdump: avoid comma in filenames

Avoid using commas in filenames, since not all systems can handle
them.

16 years agomemdump: add .bin suffix to generated filenames
H. Peter Anvin [Fri, 8 Feb 2008 22:57:49 +0000 (14:57 -0800)]
memdump: add .bin suffix to generated filenames

Add a .bin suffix to generated filenames

16 years agoZero-terminate "aborted." string.
H. Peter Anvin [Fri, 8 Feb 2008 18:48:42 +0000 (10:48 -0800)]
Zero-terminate "aborted." string.

The string "aborted." was missing a null terminator.

16 years agoDocument e820 parser change. syslinux-3.61 syslinux-3.61-pre7
H. Peter Anvin [Fri, 1 Feb 2008 23:46:33 +0000 (15:46 -0800)]
Document e820 parser change.

16 years agoE820 parser: handle BIOSes with multiple contiguous regions
H. Peter Anvin [Fri, 1 Feb 2008 23:45:51 +0000 (15:45 -0800)]
E820 parser: handle BIOSes with multiple contiguous regions

Well, it has finally happened: a bug report regarding a BIOS with
emits multiple contiguous memory regions.  Handle that case, and
(hopefully) simplify the logic while we're at it.

16 years agoDocument fixing MD5 passwords. syslinux-3.61-pre6
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:50:24 +0000 (21:50 -0800)]
Document fixing MD5 passwords.

16 years agomenu: clean up and fix MD5 password code
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:49:42 +0000 (21:49 -0800)]
menu: clean up and fix MD5 password code

MD5 password code would append the encrypted password to a previous
password, with the result that it would never match after picking a
wrong password.  Fix.

16 years agoextlinux: early check for ext2/ext3-ness of filesystem syslinux-3.61-pre5
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:22:29 +0000 (14:22 -0800)]
extlinux: early check for ext2/ext3-ness of filesystem

Verify that we have an ext2 or ext3 filesystem early on.

16 years agomeminfo.c32: a program to dump out the system memory map
H. Peter Anvin [Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:16:32 +0000 (23:16 -0800)]
meminfo.c32: a program to dump out the system memory map

Handy little utility for dumping out the system memory map.  Changes
no other code.

16 years agombr: save another 5 bytes by terminating error on newline syslinux-3.61-pre4
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:52:47 +0000 (14:52 -0800)]
mbr: save another 5 bytes by terminating error on newline

Save another 5 bytes by making the newline character do double duty as
newline and string terminator.

16 years agombr.S: save one more byte syslinux-3.61-pre3
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:35:51 +0000 (14:35 -0800)]
mbr.S: save one more byte

%ax is set to zero at the top; we then set it to 0x4100, so we only
need to change %ah, not all of %ax.

16 years agoAdvanced menu: update #include path
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:37:32 +0000 (01:37 -0500)]
Advanced menu: update #include path

16 years agoISOLINUX: fix booting when mastered with non-mkisofs tools syslinux-3.61-pre2
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:14:57 +0000 (01:14 -0500)]
ISOLINUX: fix booting when mastered with non-mkisofs tools

When we are *not* mastered with mkisofs, we depend on running the
checksumiso.pl script, in order to create a default boot info table.
Due to the Makefile changes in 3.50 (commit
9e3d217ee3869e4f4ddb1466621c079e14754660) that hasn't happened since
3.50-pre23.

Make it work now.

16 years agoNext version is 3.61 syslinux-3.61-pre1
H. Peter Anvin [Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:07:35 +0000 (10:07 -0800)]
Next version is 3.61

16 years agoEXTLINUX: correct bug when accessing an empty file; update NEWS.
H. Peter Anvin [Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:00:32 +0000 (13:00 -0500)]
EXTLINUX: correct bug when accessing an empty file; update NEWS.

Correct a bug that caused EXTLINUX to crash when accessing an empty
file.

16 years agoStandardize format for copyright lines and update
H. Peter Anvin [Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:50:49 +0000 (12:50 -0500)]
Standardize format for copyright lines and update

Update copyright lines and standardize the format.

16 years agoelf.c32: a PHDR segment is loadable; handle filesz > memsz
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:14:03 +0000 (15:14 -0500)]
elf.c32: a PHDR segment is loadable; handle filesz > memsz

PHDR segments are equal to LOAD segments as far as the loader is
concerned.  Also handle the case of filesz > memsz (by ignoring the
additional data.)

16 years agoSHA1 passwords: initialize the context before salting
Jeffrey Hutzelman [Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:34:08 +0000 (22:34 -0500)]
SHA1 passwords: initialize the context before salting

Need to initialize the SHA-1 context before we add the salt.

16 years agoadv: clean up NASM 2.01 warning
H. Peter Anvin [Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:18:41 +0000 (14:18 -0800)]
adv: clean up NASM 2.01 warning

16 years agoMakefile: remove old cruft
H. Peter Anvin [Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:18:24 +0000 (14:18 -0800)]
Makefile: remove old cruft

16 years agoMerge commit 'syslinux-3.55' into adv syslinux-3.60
H. Peter Anvin [Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:42:00 +0000 (22:42 -0800)]
Merge commit 'syslinux-3.55' into adv

16 years agospecfile: install the man pages into %{_mandir} syslinux-3.55
H. Peter Anvin [Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:39:33 +0000 (22:39 -0800)]
specfile: install the man pages into %{_mandir}

16 years agoFix the handling of man pages in the specfile.
H. Peter Anvin [Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:37:06 +0000 (22:37 -0800)]
Fix the handling of man pages in the specfile.

16 years agoMerge commit 'origin/master' into adv
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:16:16 +0000 (11:16 -0800)]
Merge commit 'origin/master' into adv

Conflicts:

extlinux/extlinux.c

16 years agoUpdate copyright year
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:13:57 +0000 (11:13 -0800)]
Update copyright year

16 years agoMerge commit 'origin/master' into adv
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:07:30 +0000 (19:07 -0800)]
Merge commit 'origin/master' into adv

16 years agoMove rfc5071.txt into the doc directory
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:06:25 +0000 (19:06 -0800)]
Move rfc5071.txt into the doc directory

Documentation file needs to go in the doc directory...

16 years agoUnconditionally reset the ADV if we don't have one loaded from a medium syslinux-3.60-pre8
H. Peter Anvin [Mon, 7 Jan 2008 23:13:59 +0000 (15:13 -0800)]
Unconditionally reset the ADV if we don't have one loaded from a medium

For non-extlinux derivatives, unconditionally initialize the in-memory
ADV to blank.

16 years agoUse the proper register when initializing a new ADV
H. Peter Anvin [Mon, 7 Jan 2008 23:09:25 +0000 (15:09 -0800)]
Use the proper register when initializing a new ADV

16 years agoADVSec0/1 are dwords, not bytes...
H. Peter Anvin [Mon, 7 Jan 2008 22:16:17 +0000 (14:16 -0800)]
ADVSec0/1 are dwords, not bytes...

16 years agoMerge commit 'syslinux-3.55-pre4' into adv syslinux-3.60-pre7
H. Peter Anvin [Sat, 5 Jan 2008 00:34:40 +0000 (16:34 -0800)]
Merge commit 'syslinux-3.55-pre4' into adv

16 years agoHandle vga={ask|normal|ext} in linux.c32 syslinux-3.55-pre4
H. Peter Anvin [Sat, 5 Jan 2008 00:24:11 +0000 (16:24 -0800)]
Handle vga={ask|normal|ext} in linux.c32

linux.c32 didn't handle vga={ask|normal|ext}, fix that.

16 years agoFix incorrect handling of overlapping memory areas in bcopy32 syslinux-3.55-pre3
H. Peter Anvin [Fri, 4 Jan 2008 04:32:11 +0000 (20:32 -0800)]
Fix incorrect handling of overlapping memory areas in bcopy32

bcopy32 had the test for forwards vs. backwards copy backwards, which
of course resulted in disaster when memory areas actually overlapped
themselves.

16 years agoAdd simple module to load and run a protected-mode raw binary
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 3 Jan 2008 23:03:35 +0000 (15:03 -0800)]
Add simple module to load and run a protected-mode raw binary

16 years agoDocument options to the syslinux command
Geert Stappers [Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:31:37 +0000 (09:31 +0100)]
Document options to the syslinux command

Document options to the syslinux command (for doc/syslinux.doc).

16 years agospecfile: Manual pages are usually not tagged %doc
H. Peter Anvin [Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:14:41 +0000 (16:14 -0800)]
specfile: Manual pages are usually not tagged %doc

16 years agoMerge commit 'origin/master' into adv syslinux-3.60-pre6
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:58:13 +0000 (15:58 -0800)]
Merge commit 'origin/master' into adv

16 years agoMove doc files to doc/, and add man pages from Debian syslinux-3.55-pre2
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:55:10 +0000 (15:55 -0800)]
Move doc files to doc/, and add man pages from Debian

Move all the text documentation to the doc/ directory, add man pages
from the Debian syslinux package, and rename sys2ansi.pl to
syslinux2ansi.pl.

16 years agoHigher confidence in the harmlessness of the ADV code syslinux-3.60-pre5
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:28:13 +0000 (14:28 -0800)]
Higher confidence in the harmlessness of the ADV code

Make more sure that the ADV code is harmless when the current
derivative doesn't support it.

16 years agoDocument the EXTLINUX ADV commands.
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:24:08 +0000 (14:24 -0800)]
Document the EXTLINUX ADV commands.

16 years agoUpdate ADV documentation in comboot.doc
H. Peter Anvin [Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:33:15 +0000 (15:33 -0800)]
Update ADV documentation in comboot.doc

16 years agoAdd missing libinstaller files syslinux-3.60-pre4
H. Peter Anvin [Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:14:10 +0000 (15:14 -0800)]
Add missing libinstaller files

Files missing from previous checkin, sigh.

16 years agoDocument ADV and its stuff
H. Peter Anvin [Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:12:41 +0000 (15:12 -0800)]
Document ADV and its stuff

16 years agoCall this version 3.60. The gPXE support work is waiting for them.
H. Peter Anvin [Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:10:22 +0000 (15:10 -0800)]
Call this version 3.60.  The gPXE support work is waiting for them.

The gPXE folk are stalled on their side of the gPXE support bargain.
Thus call this version 3.60 instead.

16 years agoCreate libinstaller; actually implement boot-once for extlinux
H. Peter Anvin [Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:09:11 +0000 (15:09 -0800)]
Create libinstaller; actually implement boot-once for extlinux

--once now supported for extlinux; some infrastructure for syslinux
there as well, need implementation in all the various installers,
however.

16 years agosyslinux_setadv(): handle size == 0, error on size > 255
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:47:48 +0000 (14:47 -0800)]
syslinux_setadv(): handle size == 0, error on size > 255

size == 0 means delete item; we don't want a header then.

size > 255 is always an error.

16 years agoLibrary routines for manipulating ADV data
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:46:04 +0000 (14:46 -0800)]
Library routines for manipulating ADV data

16 years agoDocumentation: ADV was definitely not in 3.53...
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:07:59 +0000 (14:07 -0800)]
Documentation: ADV was definitely not in 3.53...

16 years agoSnapshot: initialize the default ADV for disk-based derivatives
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:55:21 +0000 (13:55 -0800)]
Snapshot: initialize the default ADV for disk-based derivatives

For the disk-based derivatives, handle the default ADV that is part of
the image.

16 years agoUse the ADV to support boot-once
H. Peter Anvin [Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:20:32 +0000 (16:20 -0700)]
Use the ADV to support boot-once

Define ADV tag 1 as boot-once; overrides DEFAULT once only

16 years agoInitial support for auxilliary data vector
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:03:30 +0000 (16:03 -0700)]
Initial support for auxilliary data vector

Initial support for the auxillary data vector, a storage mechanism
intended to support boot-once and similar features.

16 years agoDeprecate PXELINUX option 208 in accordance with RFC 5071 syslinux-3.55-pre1
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:11:05 +0000 (10:11 -0800)]
Deprecate PXELINUX option 208 in accordance with RFC 5071

As per RFC 5071, deprecate the use of PXELINUX option 208 (magic
number); options 209-211 are now specifically assigned to PXELINUX.

16 years ago3.54 is gone, now working on 3.55
H. Peter Anvin [Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:01:43 +0000 (10:01 -0800)]
3.54 is gone, now working on 3.55

16 years agoBBS on Award, not Phoenix, is broken... don't know about Phoenix. syslinux-3.54
H. Peter Anvin [Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:18:20 +0000 (15:18 -0800)]
BBS on Award, not Phoenix, is broken... don't know about Phoenix.

The systems on which BBS has been found broken is Award, not Phoenix.

16 years agoStealth whitespace cleanup
H. Peter Anvin [Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:32:28 +0000 (13:32 -0800)]
Stealth whitespace cleanup

16 years agoDocument cfarcall thunking support
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:32:57 +0000 (10:32 -0800)]
Document cfarcall thunking support

16 years agocdecl helper is 3.54 material
H. Peter Anvin [Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:54:37 +0000 (17:54 -0800)]
cdecl helper is 3.54 material

16 years agoSeparate attribute control for disabled menu items syslinux-3.54-pre1
H. Peter Anvin [Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:49:21 +0000 (14:49 -0800)]
Separate attribute control for disabled menu items

"menu color disabled" for disabled menu items.

16 years agoDocumentation update: NEWS, new MENU commands
H. Peter Anvin [Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:35:13 +0000 (14:35 -0800)]
Documentation update: NEWS, new MENU commands

Document menu separator/menu indent/menu disable, as well as the Qemu fix.

16 years agoFix handling of VESA modes with noncontiguous memory buffers
H. Peter Anvin [Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:28:53 +0000 (14:28 -0800)]
Fix handling of VESA modes with noncontiguous memory buffers

Handle VESA modes with noncontiguous memory buffers.  In particular,
this applies to Qemu/KVM in Cirrus emulation mode.

16 years agoAdd "menu separator", "menu indent", "menu disabled"
H. Peter Anvin [Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:29:32 +0000 (12:29 -0800)]
Add "menu separator", "menu indent", "menu disabled"

A few more options for the menu: "menu separator", "menu indent",
"menu disabled".

16 years agospec: Require NASM 0.98.39
H. Peter Anvin [Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:26:44 +0000 (12:26 -0800)]
spec: Require NASM 0.98.39

NASM 0.98.38 probably doesn't work anymore.