Syslinux - Aug 2010 - Lua.c32 wiki page

Hi,

I have been experimenting a bit with lua.c32 and I have created a small 
lua.c32 wiki page at:

 	http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Lua.c32

With my minimal knowledge about Lua (and the inconvenience of not being 
able to copy&paste or edit scripts) I discovered that the dmi module has 2 
functions (supported, gettable) and a syslinux module with 1 function 
(run_command).

Do we have some information available about these functions ? And what is 
planned for Lua in the future, I haven't seen this discussed here ?

What could be useful is:

  - a way to find the boot-method (and device/name) (syslinux.bootloader,
    syslinux.bootdevice)

  - a way to query syslinux information (syslinux.version, syslinux.api)

  - a way to provide syslinux a generated .cfg (syslinux.load())

  - a way to query for pci device (and match pci.ids or modules.list)

  - a way to query other hardware info

  - an implementation of the os module, now one cannot exit lacking
    os.exit()

  - the dmi module could export its information as module variables, rather
    than a function that exports a table

For the current functionality I'd like to include some examples on the 
Wiki page.

-- 
--   dag wieers,  dag at wieers.com,  http://dag.wieers.com/   --
[Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors]

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Dag Wieers <dag at wieers.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been experimenting a bit with lua.c32 and I have created a small
> lua.c32 wiki page at:
>
>        http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Lua.c32
>
> With my minimal knowledge about Lua (and the inconvenience of not being
> able to copy&paste or edit scripts) I discovered that the dmi module
has 2
> functions (supported, gettable) and a syslinux module with 1 function
> (run_command).
>
>
Thanks!  I've been wanting try this myself and this page speeds things up me
and others I'm sure.

-- 
Kevin Landreth

On Mon, 9 Aug 2010, Dag Wieers wrote:
> I have been experimenting a bit with lua.c32 and I have created a small 
> lua.c32 wiki page at:
>
> 	http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Lua.c32
>
> With my minimal knowledge about Lua (and the inconvenience of not being
able
> to copy&paste or edit scripts) I discovered that the dmi module has 2 
> functions (supported, gettable) and a syslinux module with 1 function 
> (run_command).
>
> Do we have some information available about these functions ? And what is 
> planned for Lua in the future, I haven't seen this discussed here ?
>
> What could be useful is:
>
>  - a way to find the boot-method (and device/name) (syslinux.bootloader,
>    syslinux.bootdevice)
>
> - a way to query syslinux information (syslinux.version, syslinux.api)
>
> - a way to provide syslinux a generated .cfg (syslinux.load())
>
> - a way to query for pci device (and match pci.ids or modules.list)
>
> - a way to query other hardware info
>
>  - an implementation of the os module, now one cannot exit lacking
>    os.exit()
>
>  - the dmi module could export its information as module variables, rather
>    than a function that exports a table
>
> For the current functionality I'd like to include some examples on the
Wiki
> page.
Before you react, please not that the above was based on lua.c32 from 4.01 
and not 4.02, sigh. So I will be updating the Wiki page on 4.02 and will 
get back to you shortly ;-)

-- 
--   dag wieers,  dag at wieers.com,  http://dag.wieers.com/   --
[Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors]

Am 09.08.2010 18:25, schrieb Dag Wieers:
> Hi,
>
> I have been experimenting a bit with lua.c32 and I have created a 
> small lua.c32 wiki page at:
>
>     http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/Lua.c32
>
> With my minimal knowledge about Lua (and the inconvenience of not 
> being able to copy&paste or edit scripts) I discovered that the dmi 
> module has 2 functions (supported, gettable) and a syslinux module 
> with 1 function (run_command).
Did you take a look at com32/lua/doc/syslinux.asc?
I tried to document the (very basic) functions calls there, including
some examples.
> Do we have some information available about these functions ? And what 
> is planned for Lua in the future, I haven't seen this discussed here ?
>
> What could be useful is:
>
>  - a way to find the boot-method (and device/name) (syslinux.bootloader,
>    syslinux.bootdevice)
>
>  - a way to query syslinux information (syslinux.version, syslinux.api)
>
>  - a way to provide syslinux a generated .cfg (syslinux.load())
>
>  - a way to query for pci device (and match pci.ids or modules.list)
>
>  - a way to query other hardware info
>
>  - an implementation of the os module, now one cannot exit lacking
>    os.exit()
>
>  - the dmi module could export its information as module variables, 
> rather
>    than a function that exports a table
If someone can point me to the corresponding com32 code, I'll do my best
to add some more lua bindings - but this could take some time, due to the
lack of spare time, sorry.
>
> For the current functionality I'd like to include some examples on the 
> Wiki page.
>
Bye,
    Marcel