From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arnout Vandecappelle Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 21:17:52 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 4/9] boot/syslinux: rewrite options prompts In-Reply-To: <20140428173651.GC3501@free.fr> References: <8977ed467510f41bf80553eb104ed93e52aac1c8.1398378217.git.yann.morin.1998@free.fr> <535DEDB4.4030601@mind.be> <20140428173651.GC3501@free.fr> Message-ID: <535EA960.1080800@mind.be> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net On 28/04/14 19:36, Yann E. MORIN wrote: > Arnout, All, > > On 2014-04-28 07:57 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle spake thusly: >> On 25/04/14 00:29, Yann E. MORIN wrote: >>> From: "Yann E. MORIN" >>> >>> Rewrite the options prompt in preparation to adding a new >>> type of image to install. >>> >>> Add help entries to each option, too. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" >>> Cc: Frank Hunleth >>> --- >>> boot/syslinux/Config.in | 12 +++++++++--- >>> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/boot/syslinux/Config.in b/boot/syslinux/Config.in >>> index 1b8c527..b92f28f 100644 >>> --- a/boot/syslinux/Config.in >>> +++ b/boot/syslinux/Config.in >>> @@ -12,10 +12,16 @@ config BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX >>> if BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX >>> >>> config BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_ISOLINUX >>> - bool "Install isolinux" >>> + bool "isolinux" >>> default y >>> + help >>> + Install the legacy BIOS 'isolinux' image, to boot off >> >> This sounds like it's a legacy image... I'd just skip the word "legacy". >> BIOS is BIOS. > > Hmmm. OK. > > Side-channel rant: I always wonder how I should call the EFI 'firmware': > - EFI BIOS > - EFI firmware > - BIOS > - firmware > - EFI (but that more a spec than an implementation) > > So, I usually refer to what we called BIOS in the early days as the > "lecagy BIOS", which is also what you'd find in most EFI BIOSes when > you enable "legacy BIOS" (often as a simple and efficient way to > by-pass the secure-boot.) OK, good point. So "legacy BIOS" and "EFI BIOS" it is, then. Regards, Arnout > >>> + optical medias (CDROM, DVD.) >> >> The plural of medium is media, without s. > > Yep, it always bites me... Thanks. > > Regards, > Yann E. MORIN. > -- Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind be Senior Embedded Software Architect +32-16-286500 Essensium/Mind http://www.mind.be G.Geenslaan 9, 3001 Leuven, Belgium BE 872 984 063 RPR Leuven LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/arnoutvandecappelle GPG fingerprint: 7CB5 E4CC 6C2E EFD4 6E3D A754 F963 ECAB 2450 2F1F