[syslinux] reloading extlinux.conf freezes the system

H. Peter Anvin
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:36:48 -0000

Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I figured it has nothing to do with menu.c32.  With the following
> extlinux.conf:
>
>     label reload
>       config extlinux.conf
>
> invoking reload from the boot prompt freezes under QEMU.  Can anybody
> reproduce this?  Is this a bug or am I trying something stupid?  Or
> just a corner case better left ignored?

Sounds like a bug to me, and I would definitely *not* call it a corner
case, either; this sounds like a serious bug in something that is
supposed to be core functionality.

	-hpa