Syslinux - Dec 2011 - Patching doc/syslinux.txt, partialy because #647603 on Debian

My reason for patching circa line 225 is that I think it is
clearer.  The reason for patching circa line 575 is
http://bugs.debian.org/647603.  They concluded that a .0 file is
recognized not only by PXELINUX.  And what is NBP?

--- a/doc/syslinux.txt  2011-12-07 04:53:29.201556663 +0200
+++ b/doc/syslinux.txt  2011-12-07 04:50:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@ LABEL label

     The following commands are available after a LABEL statement:

-    LINUX image                        - Linux kernel image (default)
     BOOT image                 - Bootstrap program (.bs, .bin)
     BSS image                  - BSS image (.bss)
     PXE image                  - PXE Network Bootstrap Program (.0)
@@ -229,6 +228,8 @@ LABEL label
     COMBOOT image              - COMBOOT program (.com, .cbt)
     COM32 image                        - COM32 program (.c32)
     CONFIG image               - New configuration file
+    LINUX image                        - Linux kernel image (other file
+                                  name extenstion, no extention)
        Using one of these keywords instead of KERNEL forces the
        filetype, regardless of the filename.

@@ -570,8 +571,7 @@ Because neither Linux kernels, boot sect
 have reliable magic numbers, Syslinux will look at the file extension.
 The following extensions are recognized (case insensitive):

-  none or other        Linux kernel image
-  .0           PXE bootstrap program (NBP) [PXELINUX only]
+  .0           PXE bootstrap program (NBP)
   .bin         "CD boot sector" [ISOLINUX only]
   .bs          Boot sector [SYSLINUX only]
   .bss         Boot sector, DOS superblock will be patched in [SYSLINUX only]
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ The following extensions are recognized
   .cbt         COMBOOT image (not runnable from DOS)
   .com         COMBOOT image (runnable from DOS)
   .img         Disk image [ISOLINUX only]
+  none or other        Linux kernel image

 For filenames given on the command line, Syslinux will search for the
 file by adding extensions in the order listed above if the plain

On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 20:06, Regid Ichira <regid23 at yahoo.com>
wrote:
>  My reason for patching circa line 225 is that I think it is
> clearer.  The reason for patching circa line 575 is
I'm not sure why "default" doesn't appear clear.
> http://bugs.debian.org/647603.  They concluded that a .0 file is
> recognized not only by PXELINUX.  And what is NBP?
This is a bug per a discussion with hpa after your email.  I believe it may
be possible but is pretty messy.  Network Boot Program, like PXELINUX.

--
-Gene

On 12/08/2011 05:06 PM, Regid Ichira wrote:
>   My reason for patching circa line 225 is that I think it is
> clearer.  The reason for patching circa line 575 is
> http://bugs.debian.org/647603.  They concluded that a .0 file is
> recognized not only by PXELINUX.  And what is NBP?
Network Bootstrap Program.

.0 probably *should* be recognized by PXELINUX only... perhaps this
should be fixed.  It's a messy situation, because the .0 extension is
truly awful.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.