Syslinux - Jun 2010 - [PATCH] extlinux: Add the --menu-save option to set the MENU SAVE value from the running system using extlinux

---
 extlinux/main.c         |    9 ++++++++-
 libinstaller/syslxopt.c |    8 +++++++-
 libinstaller/syslxopt.h |    1 +
 man/extlinux.1          |    3 +++
 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/extlinux/main.c b/extlinux/main.c
index 0669bb9..8a0ac63 100644
--- a/extlinux/main.c
+++ b/extlinux/main.c
@@ -381,6 +381,13 @@ int modify_adv(void)
 	    rv = -1;
 	}
     }
+    if (opt.menu_save) {
+        if (syslinux_setadv(ADV_MENUSAVE, strlen(opt.menu_save),
opt.menu_save)) {
+	    fprintf(stderr, "%s: not enough space for menu-save label\n",
+		    program);
+	    rv = -1;
+        }
+    }
 
     return rv;
 }
@@ -877,7 +884,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	usage(EX_USAGE, 0);
 
     if (opt.update_only == -1) {
-	if (opt.reset_adv || opt.set_once)
+	if (opt.reset_adv || opt.set_once || opt.menu_save)
 	    return modify_existing_adv(opt.directory);
 	else
 	    usage(EX_USAGE, 0);
diff --git a/libinstaller/syslxopt.c b/libinstaller/syslxopt.c
index 7718de3..728b19e 100644
--- a/libinstaller/syslxopt.c
+++ b/libinstaller/syslxopt.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct sys_options opt = {
     .directory = NULL,
     .device = NULL,
     .offset = 0,
+    .menu_save = NULL,
 };
 
 const struct option long_options[] = {
@@ -55,10 +56,11 @@ const struct option long_options[] = {
     {"once", 1, NULL, 'o'},
     {"clear-once", 0, NULL, 'O'},
     {"reset-adv", 0, NULL, OPT_RESET_ADV},
+    {"menu-save", 1, NULL, 'M'},
     {0, 0, 0, 0}
 };
 
-const char short_options[] = "id:f:UuzS:H:rvho:O";
+const char short_options[] = "id:f:UuzS:H:rvho:OM:";
 
 void __attribute__ ((noreturn)) usage(int rv, int mode)
 {
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ void __attribute__ ((noreturn)) usage(int rv, int mode)
 	    "  --once=...   -o  Execute a command once upon boot\n"
 	    "  --clear-once -O  Clear the boot-once command\n"
 	    "  --reset-adv      Reset auxilliary data\n"
+	    "  --menu-save= -M  Set the label to select as default on the next
boot\n"
 	    "\n"
 	    "  Note: geometry is determined at boot time for devices
which\n"
 	    "  are considered hard disks by the BIOS.  Unfortunately, this
is\n"
@@ -155,6 +158,9 @@ void parse_options(int argc, char *argv[], int mode)
 	case OPT_RESET_ADV:
 	    opt.reset_adv = 1;
 	    break;
+	case 'M':
+	    opt.menu_save = optarg;
+	    break;
 	case 'v':
 	    fputs(program, stderr);
 	    fputs(" " VERSION_STR
diff --git a/libinstaller/syslxopt.h b/libinstaller/syslxopt.h
index d925fa3..dfa6dc7 100644
--- a/libinstaller/syslxopt.h
+++ b/libinstaller/syslxopt.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ struct sys_options {
     const char *directory;
     const char *device;
     unsigned int offset;
+    const char *menu_save;
 };
 
 enum long_only_opt {
diff --git a/man/extlinux.1 b/man/extlinux.1
index 426eeb3..c29f524 100644
--- a/man/extlinux.1
+++ b/man/extlinux.1
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ Clear the boot-once command.
 \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-once\fR=\fIcommand\fR
 Execute a command once upon boot.
 .TP
+\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-menu\-save\fR=\fIlabel\fR
+Set the label to select as default on the next boot
+.TP
 \fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-raid\fR
 Fall back to the next device on boot failure.
 .TP
-- 
1.7.1