[gPXE] [PATCH] Make gpxe report syslinux version 2.12

[Jeremy Eder]

Hi Gene,


On Fri, 2010-10-22 at 13:00 -0400, Casey Dahlin wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 07:37:09PM -0400, Gene Cumm wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 16:29, Casey Dahlin <cdahlin at redhat.com> wrote:
> > > Some versions of mboot.c32 shipped by VMWare fail because of a version check
> > > (done with INT 22h with AX set to 0001h). gPXE appears to use an empty version
> > > number (0.0). This patch makes it return 2.12
> > 
> > Which VMware product(s)/version(s) (ESXi, perhaps?) with what version
> > of mboot.c32?

VMware ESXi 4.0.1...not sure what version of mboot.c32 actually.


> > 
> 
> Yes, ESXi, I'll have to relay the version question (John, if you're
> reading, feel free to chime in).
> 
> > Have you considered using gpxelinux.0 (at gpxe/gpxelinux.0) and any
> > needed modules (like com32/modules/mboot.c32) from the current
> > Syslinux package?  gpxelinux.0 in Syslinux 4.02 is at gPXE 1.0.0.
> > 
> 

Hmm, does that version include a fix for this ?  Not sure what this
suggestion is meant to test.

Either way, the installer is looking for any version.  It doesn't have
to be 2.12.  Can that field be populated automatically by a macro ?

> > Why version 2.12?  Is that the exact minimum version your mboot.c32 wants?

Yes, correct...exact minimum...as I mentioned, anything higher would
work just fine as well



--jer