Put virtual kernels (CLI labels) in high memorysyslinux-3.62-pre7

Support putting virtual kernels in high memory instead of using a
dedicated segment for it.  This both reduces the low memory footprint
by 64K, and allows for functionally unlimited labels (tested with over
a hundred thousand.)

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6810082f..8626a1d5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ Changes in 3.62:
 	  Linux kernel limit.
 	* vesamenu: support systems without linear framebuffer support
 	  (sigh, what is this, 1993?) and 15-bit RGB modes.
+	* Move the label storage (for the command-line interface) to
+	  high memory, removing the size limit and freeing up 64K of
+	  low memory.
 
 Changes in 3.61:
 	* EXTLINUX: fix crash when accessing an empty file.