Syslinux - Jun 2014 - MultiFS syntax definition (Raphael S Carvalho)

Raphael,

Except for the : instead of the , this looks like the grub hard disk
nomenclature that's been around for a thousand years.  Certainly since
early GRUB1.

Example:
    (hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

Why did you chose : instead of grub's , ?

I'm guessing (like grub) that disks & partitions are 0-based?
(Were the original grub authors European?)

Spike

#Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 15:09:06 -0300
#From: Raphael S Carvalho <raphael.scarv at gmail.com>
#To: For discussion of Syslinux and tftp-hpa <syslinux at zytor.com>
#Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com>
#Subject: [syslinux] MultiFS syntax definition
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#Before proceeding with the MultiFS patchset, let's discuss the MultiFS
syntax.
#
#It's currently as follows:
#(hd[disk number]:[partition number])/path/to/file
#
#Any objections?
#
#Regards,
#Raphael S. Carvalho

On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 4:34 PM, Spike White <spikewhitetx at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Raphael,
Hi Spike,
>
> Except for the : instead of the , this looks like the grub hard disk
> nomenclature that's been around for a thousand years.  Certainly since
> early GRUB1.
>
> Example:
>     (hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>
> Why did you chose : instead of grub's , ?
No reason to, I will change to ',' then.
>
> I'm guessing (like grub) that disks & partitions are 0-based?
partition is 1-based, but that's easy to change.
> (Were the original grub authors European?)
>
> Spike
Thanks for the suggestions.

Hpa, thoughts?
>
> #Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 15:09:06 -0300
> #From: Raphael S Carvalho <raphael.scarv at gmail.com>
> #To: For discussion of Syslinux and tftp-hpa <syslinux at zytor.com>
> #Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com>
> #Subject: [syslinux] MultiFS syntax definition
> #Message-ID:
> #        <CACz=WeeGRVGgyppXN2uGeeOEX0fwMqSR45QGWLSgFS=AHtfc2Q at
mail.gmail.com
>>
> #Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> #
> #Before proceeding with the MultiFS patchset, let's discuss the MultiFS
> syntax.
> #
> #It's currently as follows:
> #(hd[disk number]:[partition number])/path/to/file
> #
> #Any objections?
> #
> #Regards,
> #Raphael S. Carvalho
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Raphael S. Carvalho