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author | hpa <hpa> | 2005-01-06 22:34:06 +0000 |
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committer | hpa <hpa> | 2005-01-06 22:34:06 +0000 |
commit | a966e54c41674cfb72340fd436bdf85988c14dd7 (patch) | |
tree | 93d244d27e6c2f9a6bca7b2432ba66c841be57fb /NEWS | |
parent | fb7489b14bc413a373e4138157a34e2683a1aa26 (diff) | |
download | syslinux-a966e54c41674cfb72340fd436bdf85988c14dd7.tar.gz |
Commit 3.10 changes to mainline. In particular, support multi-file
initrd, and the shuffle and boot API.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -2,7 +2,16 @@ Starting with 1.47, changes marked with SYSLINUX/PXELINUX/ISOLINUX apply to that specific program only; other changes apply to all of them. -Changes in 3.03: +Changes in 3.10: + * New API function "shuffle and boot"; allows COM32 modules to + load or construct (almost) arbitrarily complex objects, + e.g. a kernel and its initrd/initramfs in pieces, and have + the API core reorganize memory for booting. + * The initrd= option now supports multiple filenames separated + by commas. This is mostly useful for initramfs, which can + be composed of multiple separate cpio or cpio.gz archives. + (Note: all files except the last one are zero-padded to a 4K + page boundary. This should not affect initramfs.) * EXTLINUX: Fix API function 000Ah (get derivative-specific info). * libcom32/ethersel: Support PCI Config Mechanism #2 on |