Syslinux - Oct 2013 - Upgrade to Lua 5.2.2, add filesystem module and get_key binding

Geert Stappers <stappers at stappers.nl> writes:
> Op 2013-10-15 om 20:03 schreef Ferenc W?gner:
> 
>>   lua: import Lua 5.2.2
>
> Posted as [patch01/21]
> Which was too big for the mailinglist.
> So some other way is needed to share that information ...
Hmm, yes.  The series is available at https://github.com/wferi/syslinux
as well (lua52 branch, based on upstream firmware branch).
Cover letter: https://gist.github.com/wferi/6989458#file-lua52_cover-txt
-- 
Thanks,
Feri.

Ferenc Wagner <wferi at niif.hu> writes:
> Hmm, yes.  The series is available at https://github.com/wferi/syslinux
> as well (lua52 branch, based on upstream firmware branch).
> Cover letter: https://gist.github.com/wferi/6989458#file-lua52_cover-txt
To get an idea what it's all about, have a look at the attached menu.lua
file.  If invoked by a config file consisting of:

DEFAULT lua.c32 menu.lua

it displays a menu based on the vmlinuz (and initrd.img) files found in
the current (root) directory:

SYSLINUX 6.02 6.02-21-gea6becb Copyright (C) 1994-2013 H. Peter Anvin et al

=== Boot menu ==1	vmlinuz-3.10-3-amd64
2	vmlinuz-3.9-1-amd64
3	vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64

Booting option 1 in 5 s with append:
root=/dev/mapper/cedar-root ro console=ttyS0
Press 1-3 to select kernel, ESC to exit, any other key to cancel timeout

It would be fairly easy to bind and use libmenu.c32 instead, but I
usually prefer to not trash my biggish terminal window containing
possibly valuable serial console output from the shutdown phase.

Just hoping to motivate review/merging... :)
-- 
Thanks,
Feri.

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Ferenc Wagner <wferi at niif.hu> writes:
> Geert Stappers <stappers at stappers.nl> writes:
>
>> Op 2013-10-15 om 20:03 schreef Ferenc W?gner:
>> 
>>>   lua: import Lua 5.2.2
>>
>> Posted as [patch01/21]
>> Which was too big for the mailinglist.
>> So some other way is needed to share that information ...
>
> Hmm, yes.  The series is available at https://github.com/wferi/syslinux
> as well (lua52 branch, based on upstream firmware branch).
> Cover letter: https://gist.github.com/wferi/6989458#file-lua52_cover-txt
Hi,

I understand that hpa and Matt don't have much time for Syslinux these
days.  It's just a reminder that this series is still waiting for
review.  And a check whether the publication format is acceptable.
-- 
Thanks,
Feri.

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Summary: Keeping contributed patch "on radar"

Op 2013-10-31 om 18:56 schreef Ferenc Wagner:
> Ferenc Wagner <wferi at niif.hu> writes:
> > Geert Stappers <stappers at stappers.nl> writes:
> >
> >> Op 2013-10-15 om 20:03 schreef Ferenc W?gner:
> >> 
> >>>   lua: import Lua 5.2.2
> >>
> >> Posted as [patch01/21]
> >> Which was too big for the mailinglist.
> >> So some other way is needed to share that information ...
> >
> > Hmm, yes.  The series is available at
https://github.com/wferi/syslinux
> > as well (lua52 branch, based on upstream firmware branch).
> > Cover letter:
https://gist.github.com/wferi/6989458#file-lua52_cover-txt
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I understand that hpa and Matt don't have much time for Syslinux these
> days.  It's just a reminder that this series is still waiting for
> review.  And a check whether the publication format is acceptable.
For what it's worth:
I hadn't time the last week to fetch the patch and test drive it.
Next few weeks probably the same priorities on other projects.
That means end november early december a decent response from me
on the new Lua version.
So please don't wait for me and go ahead.


Groeten
Geert Stappers
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