[Buildroot] [PATCH 10/12] boot/syslinux: add an option to install an MBR blob
Yann E. MORIN
yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Fri May 2 17:10:36 UTC 2014
From: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
This MBR blob will look for an active partition, and boot the bootcode
present in that partition. This can be used to boot an extlinux-prepared
partition.
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
Cc: Thomas Lundquist <lists at zelow.no>
Cc: Frank Hunleth <fhunleth at troodon-software.com>
Tested-by: Frank Hunleth <fhunleth at troodon-software.com>
Tested-by: Romain Naour <romain.naour at openwide.fr>
---
Changes v2 -> v3:
- s/legacy BIOS/legacy-BIOS/ to avoid ambiguity
Changes v1 -> v2:
- slightly expand the help entry
---
boot/syslinux/Config.in | 8 ++++++++
boot/syslinux/syslinux.mk | 1 +
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/boot/syslinux/Config.in b/boot/syslinux/Config.in
index 5f0fe97..28c5329 100644
--- a/boot/syslinux/Config.in
+++ b/boot/syslinux/Config.in
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ config BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_PXELINUX
Install the legacy-BIOS 'pxelinux' image, to boot off
the network using PXE.
+config BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_MBR
+ bool "mbr"
+ select BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_LEGACY_BIOS
+ help
+ Install the legacy-BIOS 'mbr' image, to boot off a
+ local MBR-partition (e.g. prepared with 'extlinux'
+ or 'syslinux').
+
config BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_EFI
bool "efi"
select BR2_PACKAGE_GNU_EFI
diff --git a/boot/syslinux/syslinux.mk b/boot/syslinux/syslinux.mk
index 95ece52..5432d0a 100644
--- a/boot/syslinux/syslinux.mk
+++ b/boot/syslinux/syslinux.mk
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ endef
SYSLINUX_IMAGES-$(BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_ISOLINUX) += bios/core/isolinux.bin
SYSLINUX_IMAGES-$(BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_PXELINUX) += bios/core/pxelinux.bin
+SYSLINUX_IMAGES-$(BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_MBR) += bios/mbr/mbr.bin
SYSLINUX_IMAGES-$(BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_EFI) += $(SYSLINUX_EFI_BITS)/efi/syslinux.efi
define SYSLINUX_INSTALL_IMAGES_CMDS
--
1.8.3.2
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