From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arnout Vandecappelle Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 22:57:42 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 9/9] boot/syslinux: add an option to install an MBR blob In-Reply-To: <20140428195241.GG3501@free.fr> References: <535E8070.9090405@mind.be> <20140428195241.GG3501@free.fr> Message-ID: <535EC0C6.9050905@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 21:52, Yann E. MORIN wrote: > Arnout, All, > > On 2014-04-28 18:23 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle spake thusly: > ^^^^^ > > I don't know why, but I only received it now (delivered to my server > at 21:03:30 +0200) ? ... :-/ That's because I read and reply to my buildroot mail on the train, offline. It then sits on my mail server until I turn on my laptop again in the evening (or sometimes the following day...). > >> On 25/04/14 00:30, Yann E. MORIN wrote: >>> From: "Yann E. MORIN" >>> >>> This MBR blob will look for an active partition, and boot the bootcode >>> present in that partition. This can be used to boot an extlinux-prepared >>> partition. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" >>> Cc: Thomas Lundquist >>> Cc: Frank Hunleth >>> --- >>> boot/syslinux/Config.in | 13 ++++++++++++- >>> boot/syslinux/syslinux.mk | 1 + >>> 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/boot/syslinux/Config.in b/boot/syslinux/Config.in >>> index d556c55..7d4dd08 100644 >>> --- a/boot/syslinux/Config.in >>> +++ b/boot/syslinux/Config.in >>> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ choice >>> >>> config BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_LEGACY_BIOS >>> bool "bios (legacy)" >>> - select BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_ISOLINUX if !BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_PXELINUX >>> + select BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_ISOLINUX if !BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_HAS_BIOS_IMG >> >> Hm, I don't really like this very much. Adding complexity like this for >> behaviour which is not even really perfect... > > Since you replied to my other reply (he!), I think switching all of this > to a all-choice makes this comment moot, right? :-) Indeed, as I said in that reply :-) Regards, Arnout > >>> +config BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_MBR >>> + bool "mbr" >>> + select BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_HAS_BIOS_IMG >>> + help >>> + Install the legacy BIOS 'mbr' image, to boot off a >> >> See my comment in 4/9 about "legacy". > > Ditto, already covered. > >> BTW, while you're at it, perhaps you can add options for syslinux (=fat) >> and extlinux? > > For extlinux, please see my previous answer. > > I'll have a look at syslinux, but I believe it is the same as extlinux. > > 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