[Buildroot] [PATCH 0/9 v2] Bump and improve syslinux (branch yem/syslinux)

Frank Hunleth fhunleth at troodon-software.com
Wed Apr 30 15:23:14 UTC 2014


Yann and all,

On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> wrote:
> From: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
>
> Hello All!
>
> Here are a few patches to bump and enhance syslinux:
>   - patches 1..4: preparatory fixing and cleanup patches
>   - patches 5..6: new pacakges, dependency of the new syslinux
>   - patch   7   : actual syslinux bump
>   - patches 8..9: new options to install new types of blobs

This series works for me (MBR option):

Tested-by: Frank Hunleth <fhunleth at troodon-software.com>

Thanks,
Frank

>
> To be noted, the syslinx build system is, well, a bit weird, to say
> the least. There is I hope extensive-enough information about this
> in the bump-patch. Please pay it a bit of attention, it is really
> convoluted, and would benefit from some in-depth review.
>
> Thanks to Frank for his preliminary work on ucl and upx, and to
> Thomas L. whose extlinux patch prompted me to look at syslinux. ;-)
>
> Changes v1 -> v2:
>   - explain the need for an ia32 compiler  (Arnout)
>   - make the image selection a choice  (Arnout)
>   - improve upx commit log  (Arnout)
>   - typoes  (Arnout)
>   - improve help entry for the mbr option
>
> Regards,
> Yann E. MORIN.
>
>
> The following changes since commit a72b73852568227ee948a380c720756fbbdbec46:
>
>   upstream glibc 2.18/2.19 works fine with microblaze (2014-04-28 22:16:37 +0200)
>
> are available in the git repository at:
>
>   git://gitorious.org/buildroot/buildroot.git
>
> for you to fetch changes up to 8643aef1dfbf257e6cd7a0721d4cfd9f9e3a6dea:
>
>   boot/syslinux: add an option to install an MBR blob (2014-04-29 18:41:59 +0200)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Frank Hunleth (2):
>       package/ucl: new package
>       package/upx: new package
>
> Yann E. MORIN (7):
>       boot/syslinux: needs an ia32-capable compiler
>       boot/syslinux: prepare to install non-core images
>       boot/syslinux: make the sub-options a choice
>       boot/syslinux: rewrite options prompts
>       boot/syslinux: bump version
>       boot/syslinux: add option to install the EFI image
>       boot/syslinux: add an option to install an MBR blob
>
>  boot/syslinux/Config.in                            | 39 ++++++++++++++---
>  .../syslinux-000-user-headers-from-sysroot.patch   | 37 ++++++++++++++++
>  boot/syslinux/syslinux.mk                          | 50 ++++++++++++++++++----
>  package/ucl/ucl.mk                                 | 12 ++++++
>  package/upx/upx.mk                                 | 28 ++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 152 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 boot/syslinux/syslinux-000-user-headers-from-sysroot.patch
>  create mode 100644 package/ucl/ucl.mk
>  create mode 100644 package/upx/upx.mk
>
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