Bug#743879: debian-cd: Fixes for hppa architecture (patch attached)

2014-04-09 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, uploaded is a new (semi-stable) development snapshot http://www.gnu.org/software/xorriso/xorriso-1.3.7.tar.gz with the new features for PALO on HP-PA, which are now promised to stay compatible in future releases. MD5: 961939a15cdb2b9893fbe25f453d9ac4 Version timestamp :

Bug#743879: Aw: Re: Bug#743879: debian-cd: Fixes for hppa architecture (patch attached)

2014-04-09 Thread Helge Deller
To Helge Deller: Please check-read my descriptions of header versions 4 and 5 beginning at doc/boot_sectors.txt line 975 resp. http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~libburnia-team/libisofs/scdbackup/view/head:/doc/boot_sectors.txt#L972 for terminology, unclear or false statements, ... Thanks

Bug#743879: debian-cd: Fixes for hppa architecture (patch attached)

2014-04-09 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, the proposed patch for the boot sector documentation looks at the topic from the PALO user perspective. But the perspective of the file boot_sectors.txt is the one of an ISO 9660 producer. So i would like to re-arrange the info. How about this for the command line part ? Would it be

Bug#743879: Aw: Re: Bug#743879: debian-cd: Fixes for hppa architecture (patch attached)

2014-04-09 Thread Helge Deller
the proposed patch for the boot sector documentation looks at the topic from the PALO user perspective. But the perspective of the file boot_sectors.txt is the one of an ISO 9660 producer. So i would like to re-arrange the info. How about this for the command line part ? Would it be

Bug#743879: debian-cd: Fixes for hppa architecture (patch attached)

2014-04-09 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, How to recognize a PALO that is newer ? It should be palo 1.92 or higher. ... PALOHDRVERSION ... I could update it to 5. I think it is appropriate. Readers of libisofs docs and of PALO could make a clear connection. We shouldn't make xorriso more complicated than necessary. Yeah.

Bug#743879: debian-cd: Fixes for hppa architecture (patch attached)

2014-04-09 Thread Helge Deller
Hi Thomas, On 04/09/2014 05:53 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: How to recognize a PALO that is newer ? It should be palo 1.92 or higher. ... PALOHDRVERSION ... I could update it to 5. I think it is appropriate. Readers of libisofs docs and of PALO could make a clear connection. Ok, committed.

Bug#743879: Aw: Re: Bug#743879: debian-cd: Fixes for hppa architecture (patch attached)

2014-04-08 Thread Helge Deller
Hi Thomas looking at your description of ipl_entry computation - after midnight - makes me search for alternatives. Mee too :-) Ok, I just looked at the palo source code again. ipl_entry is the relative entry point into the assembly code of the iplboot bootloader code. Because of how palo is

Bug#743879: debian-cd: Fixes for hppa architecture (patch attached)

2014-04-08 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Because of how palo is built, it ensures, that the entry point is always zero. That's very convenient for all of us. I will test your xorriso as soon as possible. Lemme check whether defining the macro Libisofs_enable_unreleased_hppa_palO in libisofs/libisofs.h of the current GNU

Bug#743879: debian-cd: Fixes for hppa architecture (patch attached)

2014-04-08 Thread Steve McIntyre
Control: tag -1 +pending On Mon, Apr 07, 2014 at 09:04:06PM +0200, Helge Deller wrote: Package: debian-cd Version: 3.1.14 Severity: normal Tags: patch debian-cd is currently broken for the hppa/parisc architecture. The attached patch to the tools/boot/jessie/boot-hppa file fixes three issues:

Bug#743879: debian-cd: Fixes for hppa architecture (patch attached)

2014-04-08 Thread Helge Deller
Hi Thomas, On 04/08/2014 , Helge Deller wrote: I will test your xorriso as soon as possible. Attached is the diff to xorriso-1.3.7 which I used to test. Up to now I only tested on x86_64, testing on hppa is still needed (but will work most likely). As you can see from the diff, your code was

Bug#743879: debian-cd: Fixes for hppa architecture (patch attached)

2014-04-07 Thread Helge Deller
Package: debian-cd Version: 3.1.14 Severity: normal Tags: patch debian-cd is currently broken for the hppa/parisc architecture. The attached patch to the tools/boot/jessie/boot-hppa file fixes three issues: 1. The bootloader on hppa is palo. Remove one line in the script which tries to move a

Bug#743879: debian-cd: Fixes for hppa architecture (patch attached)

2014-04-07 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, in january we had a conversation about xorriso and PALO. I implemented the boot sector as learned from genisoimage: version number 4 and the short command line at byte 24 to 151. Further there is the proposed version 5 with long command line at byte 1024 to 2047, and the yet unexplained

Bug#743879: debian-cd: Fixes for hppa architecture (patch attached)

2014-04-07 Thread Helge Deller
Hi Thomas, On 04/07/2014 10:03 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: in january we had a conversation about xorriso and PALO. Yes, I did not forgot it :-) I implemented the boot sector as learned from genisoimage: version number 4 and the short command line at byte 24 to 151. Further there is the

Bug#743879: debian-cd: Fixes for hppa architecture (patch attached)

2014-04-07 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Because our discussion stalled, i did not publish the enhancements of libisofs API and xorriso CLI with the recent release 1.3.6. That's really sad! It would have been easier for me, if you would have added them, even if they were not perfect. Ah no. It's a tiny bit inconvenient. You

Bug#743879: debian-cd: Fixes for hppa architecture (patch attached)

2014-04-07 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, looking at your description of ipl_entry computation - after midnight - makes me search for alternatives. I would have to duplicate a non-trivial part of PALO which then would have to be validated against the original code. From then on, i would have to maintain it without having much clue.