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Bjørn Damstedt Rasmussen

2013-Aug-13 07:21 UTC

[syslinux] Booting second label

Hi

I'm using syslinux 5.01 and is installing our bootloader using
"extlinux --install /boot". In the extlinux.conf I've specified
that the kontron_wdt.c32 program should boot another label once it has been
executed but it never calls the second label.

Here's my extlinux.conf:

default wdt
timeout 5
prompt 1

label linuxfoo
kernel /vmlinuz
append root=/dev/sda2 #.... more options

label wdt
com32 kontron_wdt.c32
append timeout=120 default_label= linuxfoo

When I try to debug the kontron_wdt.c32 I can see that syslinux_run_command(..)
returns -1. What could cause this?

I've tried the ifcpu.c32 application as well (which is a bit similar to
kontron_wdt.c32) and it also cannot call syslinux_run_command().

I can see that syslinux_run_command() call create_args_and_load() but if I put
any printf's there they're not printed to screen, so it's pretty
hard to debug what's causing the error.

If someone knows a way to call two labels that would also work as a workaround
for the problem I'm trying to solve.

-- Bjoern

Gene Cumm

2013-Aug-13 11:12 UTC

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On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 3:21 AM, Bj?rn Damstedt Rasmussen
<bjra at terma.com> wrote:> Hi
>
> I'm using syslinux 5.01 and is installing our bootloader using
"extlinux --install /boot". In the extlinux.conf I've specified
that the kontron_wdt.c32 program should boot another label once it has been
executed but it never calls the second label.
Did you build all of the COM32s and extlinux?  Do you ever see an error?
> Here's my extlinux.conf:
>
> default wdt
> timeout 5
> prompt 1
>
> label linuxfoo
> kernel /vmlinuz
> append root=/dev/sda2 #.... more options
>
> label wdt
> com32 kontron_wdt.c32
> append timeout=120 default_label= linuxfoo
>
> When I try to debug the kontron_wdt.c32 I can see that
syslinux_run_command(..) returns -1. What could cause this?
What string would the above config pass to syslinux_run_command()?
Does it have a trailing line end character?  terminating NUL
character?
> I've tried the ifcpu.c32 application as well (which is a bit similar to
kontron_wdt.c32) and it also cannot call syslinux_run_command().
>
> I can see that syslinux_run_command() call create_args_and_load() but if I
put any printf's there they're not printed to screen, so it's pretty
hard to debug what's causing the error.
Are you using printf() or dprintf()?
> If someone knows a way to call two labels that would also work as a
workaround for the problem I'm trying to solve.
Are you just looking to append additional parameters to another LABEL?
 Try this:

LABEL wdt
COM32 cmd.c32
APPEND linuxfoo timeout=120

-- 
-Gene

Bjørn Damstedt Rasmussen

2013-Aug-13 13:32 UTC

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Hi Gene

Thanks for your response!
> What string would the above config pass to syslinux_run_command()?
> Does it have a trailing line end character?  terminating NUL character?
What is being passed to syslinux_run_command() is "linuxfoo", i.e.
with a terminating 0.

Here's the Kontron string copy from kontron_wdt.c:

if (!strncmp(argv[i], "default_label=", 14)) {
  strlcpy(default_label, argv[i] + 14, sizeof(default_label));
}

Later they call:

printf("Executing default label = '%s'\n",default_label);
syslinux_run_command(default_label);

The printf I get in the terminal shows the right label (linuxfoo) so I figure
the call fails somewhere in the underlying functions. Unfortunately I don't
get any error printouts, so I have no idea what's wrong. I've also tried
copying all *.c32 files to /boot and it still doesn't work.


What I'm trying to do is execute two labels. First start the watchdog (wdt
label) and afterwards boot the OS (linuxfoo). Is there a simple way to do this?

-- Bjoern

default wdt
timeout 5
prompt 1

label linuxfoo
kernel /vmlinuz
append root=/dev/sda2 #.... more options

label wdt
com32 kontron_wdt.c32
append timeout=120 default_label=linuxfoo





Bj?rn Damstedt Rasmussen
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-----Original Message-----
From: syslinux-bounces at zytor.com [mailto:syslinux-bounces at zytor.com] On
Behalf Of Gene Cumm
Sent: 13. august 2013 13:12
To: For discussion of Syslinux and tftp-hpa
Subject: Re: [syslinux] Booting second label

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 3:21 AM, Bj?rn Damstedt Rasmussen <bjra at
terma.com> wrote:> Hi
>
> I'm using syslinux 5.01 and is installing our bootloader using
"extlinux --install /boot". In the extlinux.conf I've specified
that the kontron_wdt.c32 program should boot another label once it has been
executed but it never calls the second label.
Did you build all of the COM32s and extlinux?  Do you ever see an error?
> Here's my extlinux.conf:
>
> default wdt
> timeout 5
> prompt 1
>
> label linuxfoo
> kernel /vmlinuz
> append root=/dev/sda2 #.... more options
>
> label wdt
> com32 kontron_wdt.c32
> append timeout=120 default_label= linuxfoo
>
> When I try to debug the kontron_wdt.c32 I can see that
syslinux_run_command(..) returns -1. What could cause this?
What string would the above config pass to syslinux_run_command()?
Does it have a trailing line end character?  terminating NUL character?
> I've tried the ifcpu.c32 application as well (which is a bit similar to
kontron_wdt.c32) and it also cannot call syslinux_run_command().
>
> I can see that syslinux_run_command() call create_args_and_load() but if I
put any printf's there they're not printed to screen, so it's pretty
hard to debug what's causing the error.
Are you using printf() or dprintf()?
> If someone knows a way to call two labels that would also work as a
workaround for the problem I'm trying to solve.
Are you just looking to append additional parameters to another LABEL?
 Try this:

LABEL wdt
COM32 cmd.c32
APPEND linuxfoo timeout=120

--
-Gene

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Ady

2013-Aug-13 14:54 UTC

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> Hi
> 
> I'm using syslinux 5.01 and is installing our bootloader using
> "extlinux --install /boot". In the extlinux.conf I've
specified that
> the kontron_wdt.c32 program should boot another label once it has been
> executed but it never calls the second label. 
> 
> Here's my extlinux.conf:
> 
> default wdt
> timeout 5
> prompt 1
> 
> label linuxfoo
> kernel /vmlinuz
> append root=/dev/sda2 #.... more options
> 
> label wdt
> com32 kontron_wdt.c32
> append timeout=120 default_label= linuxfoo
> 
> When I try to debug the kontron_wdt.c32 I can see that
> syslinux_run_command(..) returns -1. What could cause this? 
> 
> I've tried the ifcpu.c32 application as well (which is a bit similar
> to kontron_wdt.c32) and it also cannot call syslinux_run_command(). 
> 
> I can see that syslinux_run_command() call create_args_and_load() but
> if I put any printf's there they're not printed to screen, so
it's
> pretty hard to debug what's causing the error. 
> 
> If someone knows a way to call two labels that would also work as a
> workaround for the problem I'm trying to solve. 
> 
> -- Bjoern 
Have you tried version 4.07? If it works with 4.06 or 4.07 but not 
with 5.xx, then we can narrow down the issue. Please remember to 
always use the c32 modules from the same version of the boot loader. 
For testing purposes, try using official binaries (not re-building).

I'd also suggest, just for testing purposes, changing the DEFAULT 
label and _not_ using the Syslinux TIMEOUT directive:
  ----   
default linuxfoo
prompt 1

label linuxfoo
kernel /vmlinuz
append root=/dev/sda2 #.... more options

label wdt
com32 kontron_wdt.c32
append timeout=120 default_label=linuxfoo
  ---   

So from the boot prompt type "wdt" and see what happens. If nothing 
happens (after the timeout after "wdt"), then type in
"linuxfoo" in
the boot prompt. Is it still failing?

Also note that I left no space character after "default_label=".

Regards,
Ady.

Bjørn Damstedt Rasmussen

2013-Aug-14 08:06 UTC

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Hi Ady

I tried removing Syslinux TIMEOUT and typing 'wdt' but the
'linuxfoo' label is still not called. I have to enter it manually and it
will start.

The "timeout=120" parameter is for the kontron_wdt.c32 watchdog. So
the system will reset after 120 seconds if the watchdog hasn't been
serviced.

We're rebuilding the syslinux source code since we're cross compiling.
Is there some special parameter or macro which needs to be passed to the make
command in order to build c32 modules properly?

-- Bjoern


-----Original Message-----
From: syslinux-bounces at zytor.com [mailto:syslinux-bounces at zytor.com] On
Behalf Of Ady
Sent: 13. august 2013 16:54
To: Syslinux at zytor.com
Subject: Re: [syslinux] Booting second label

> Hi
> 
> I'm using syslinux 5.01 and is installing our bootloader using 
> "extlinux --install /boot". In the extlinux.conf I've
specified that
> the kontron_wdt.c32 program should boot another label once it has been 
> executed but it never calls the second label.
> 
> Here's my extlinux.conf:
> 
> default wdt
> timeout 5
> prompt 1
> 
> label linuxfoo
> kernel /vmlinuz
> append root=/dev/sda2 #.... more options
> 
> label wdt
> com32 kontron_wdt.c32
> append timeout=120 default_label= linuxfoo
> 
> When I try to debug the kontron_wdt.c32 I can see that
> syslinux_run_command(..) returns -1. What could cause this? 
> 
> I've tried the ifcpu.c32 application as well (which is a bit similar 
> to kontron_wdt.c32) and it also cannot call syslinux_run_command().
> 
> I can see that syslinux_run_command() call create_args_and_load() but 
> if I put any printf's there they're not printed to screen, so
it's
> pretty hard to debug what's causing the error.
> 
> If someone knows a way to call two labels that would also work as a 
> workaround for the problem I'm trying to solve.
> 
> -- Bjoern 
Have you tried version 4.07? If it works with 4.06 or 4.07 but not with 5.xx,
then we can narrow down the issue. Please remember to always use the c32 modules
from the same version of the boot loader.
For testing purposes, try using official binaries (not re-building).

I'd also suggest, just for testing purposes, changing the DEFAULT label and
_not_ using the Syslinux TIMEOUT directive:
  ----   
default linuxfoo
prompt 1

label linuxfoo
kernel /vmlinuz
append root=/dev/sda2 #.... more options

label wdt
com32 kontron_wdt.c32
append timeout=120 default_label=linuxfoo
  ---   

So from the boot prompt type "wdt" and see what happens. If nothing
happens (after the timeout after "wdt"), then type in
"linuxfoo" in the boot prompt. Is it still failing?

Also note that I left no space character after "default_label=".

Regards,
Ady.
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Matt Fleming

2013-Sep-09 16:10 UTC

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On Tue, 13 Aug, at 07:21:35AM, Bj?rn Damstedt Rasmussen
wrote:> Hi
> 
> I'm using syslinux 5.01 and is installing our bootloader using
> "extlinux --install /boot". In the extlinux.conf I've
specified that
> the kontron_wdt.c32 program should boot another label once it has been
> executed but it never calls the second label.
This bug should be fixed by,

commit 04f40bc55ed4f39d6c625b017bb16907f7d50c05
Author: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming at intel.com>
Date:   Thu Feb 7 12:59:35 2013 +0000

    run_command: Use load_kernel() which understands labels
    
    load_kernel() understands how to handle labels from config files
    whereas create_args_and_load() assumes that the cmdline is a COM32
    file. Callers of syslinux_run_command() may want to pass labels, so
    use a function that allows that.
    
    Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming at intel.com>

which is part of releases 5.10, 6.00, 6.01.

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center

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