Syslinux - Jun 2013 - extlinux >= 5.01 menu.c32 timeout doesn't work

Hi,

I am using qemu for testing new versions of syslinux before installing on an
embedded computer.
Everything works fine under qemu (1.5.0), so I updated extlinux from 4.06 to
5.11-pre3 on the computer.

I found that the autostart's timeout does not work.
The timeout value is correct but nothing happens.
It worked well with extlinux 4.06...

I tried with extlinux 5.01, 5.10, 5.11-pre3 and 6.01-pre4, same problem.

This is probably related to the bios ?
Have you encountered this issue ?

Thanks,
-- 
Romain Naour

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On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Romain Naour <romain.naour at
openwide.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using qemu for testing new versions of syslinux before installing on
an embedded computer.
> Everything works fine under qemu (1.5.0), so I updated extlinux from 4.06
to 5.11-pre3 on the computer.
>
> I found that the autostart's timeout does not work.
> The timeout value is correct but nothing happens.
> It worked well with extlinux 4.06...
>
> I tried with extlinux 5.01, 5.10, 5.11-pre3 and 6.01-pre4, same problem.
>
> This is probably related to the bios ?
> Have you encountered this issue ?

Any chance you could post your config?  Are you using the prebuilt
binaries or making your own?  Using (vesa)menu.c32?  Could your
DEFAULT or ONTIMEOUT be broken?

--
-Gene

Le 29/06/2013 12:39, Gene Cumm a ?crit :
> On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Romain Naour <romain.naour at
openwide.fr> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using qemu for testing new versions of syslinux before installing
on an embedded computer.
>> Everything works fine under qemu (1.5.0), so I updated extlinux from
4.06 to 5.11-pre3 on the computer.
>>
>> I found that the autostart's timeout does not work.
>> The timeout value is correct but nothing happens.
>> It worked well with extlinux 4.06...
>>
>> I tried with extlinux 5.01, 5.10, 5.11-pre3 and 6.01-pre4, same
problem.
>>
>> This is probably related to the bios ?
>> Have you encountered this issue ?
> 
> 
> Any chance you could post your config?  Are you using the prebuilt
> binaries or making your own?  Using (vesa)menu.c32?  Could your
> DEFAULT or ONTIMEOUT be broken?
> 
I use extlinux 5.11-pre3 compiled from buildroot.

I reproduced the problem under qemu.
The only difference between the two config is the addition of the line
"SERIAL 0 115200 0".

I need to test without SERIAL on the computer to confirm that the
problem comes there. (see also the report "6.01-pre 4 no timeout when
using serial")

Best regards,
Romain

Here is my configuration:

Contents of "boot_label" file
DEFAULT 1
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Contents of "extlinux.conf" file
# ttyS0 115200 bps, no flow control
SERIAL 0 115200 0

# Enable menu.c32
UI menu.c32

# Disable the boot: prompt
PROMPT 0

# 5 sec
TIMEOUT 50

# 60 sec max
TOTALTIMEOUT 600

# Default boot label
INCLUDE boot_label

MENU TITLE Boot Menu

LABEL 1
   MENU LABEL System 1
   LINUX /bzImage_1
   APPEND console=ttyS0,115200

LABEL 2
   MENU LABEL System 2
   LINUX /bzImage_2
   APPEND quiet console=ttyS0,115200

LABEL pxe
   MENU LABEL BOOT PXE
   LOCALBOOT -1

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