Bug 7600 - syslinux: port extX support patches to syslinux community
Summary: syslinux: port extX support patches to syslinux community
Status: IN PROGRESS IMPLEMENTATION
Alias: None
Product: OE-Core
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: core (show other bugs)
Version: 1.9
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Medium+ enhancement
Target Milestone: 5.99
Assignee: William Lyu
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Reported: 2015-04-13 03:22 UTC by Robert Yang
Modified: 2025-01-30 16:20 UTC (History)
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Description Robert Yang 2015-04-13 03:22:10 UTC 
Port the syslinux' extX support patches to syslinux community.
Comment 1 Randy MacLeod 2015-04-16 14:46:52 UTC 
Robert, are you working with the upstream devs to get our changes merged?
Comment 2 Robert Yang 2015-06-02 07:27:56 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> Robert, are you working with the upstream devs to get our changes merged?

yes, I'm working on it.
Comment 3 Randy MacLeod 2021-02-03 19:34:15 UTC 
Robert, we moved this to 3.4 M1. Okay?
Also, can you explain the work involved for Sakib?
Comment 4 Randy MacLeod 2022-03-24 15:49:03 UTC 
Note that this is an update to syslinux_6.04-pre3 that we should do in M1.
Comment 5 Randy MacLeod 2024-07-25 16:14:02 UTC 
William wants to work on this and will spend some time in the next month on it.
Comment 6 William Lyu 2024-10-15 11:49:34 UTC 
Looking at the email thread from the Syslinux upstream, back in time, they did not accept these patches (see the emails with subject "linux/syslinux: support ext2/3/4 device" [1].

Back then, the upstream were suggesting to create a new e2fs/syslinux installer [2]. 

I am sending emails to the upstream to query the status regarding this change. I would like to understand what the current requirements the upstream have.

William

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1. https://www.syslinux.org/archives/2015-January/thread.html#23069
2. https://www.syslinux.org/archives/2015-January/023049.html
Comment 7 Randy MacLeod 2024-10-17 20:29:18 UTC 
Thanks for continuing to work on this William. Moving to 5.2 M2.