[syslinux:elflink] doc/ & txt/: Document IPAPPEND/ SYSAPPEND format

syslinux-bot for Gene Cumm gene.cumm at gmail.com
Wed Jun 26 13:00:06 PDT 2013


Commit-ID:  674cb69dfd5958caa94c34bc6ab29f5d02ccd313
Gitweb:     http://www.syslinux.org/commit/674cb69dfd5958caa94c34bc6ab29f5d02ccd313
Author:     Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:01:56 -0400
Committer:  Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com>
CommitDate: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:01:56 -0400

doc/ & txt/: Document IPAPPEND/SYSAPPEND format

Previously the maximum value was 7 which didn't require
differentiation between decimal and hexadecimal.

---
 doc/syslinux.txt     | 3 ++-
 txt/syslinux.cfg.txt | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/syslinux.txt b/doc/syslinux.txt
index a81cc64..43e2077 100644
--- a/doc/syslinux.txt
+++ b/doc/syslinux.txt
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ IPAPPEND bitmask
 
 	The SYSAPPEND option was introduced in Syslinux 5.10; it is an
 	enhancement of a previous option IPAPPEND which was only
-	available on PXELINUX.
+	available on PXELINUX.  bitmask is interpretted as decimal format
+	unless prefixed with "0x" for hexidecimal.
 
 	1: indicates that an option of the following format
 	should be generated and added to the kernel command line:
diff --git a/txt/syslinux.cfg.txt b/txt/syslinux.cfg.txt
index ff5d533..f9e02b6 100644
--- a/txt/syslinux.cfg.txt
+++ b/txt/syslinux.cfg.txt
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ section can be used to override a global *APPEND*.
 (*SYSAPPEND*: 5.10+; *IPAPPEND*: *PXELINUX* only)
 The *SYSAPPEND* option was introduced in *Syslinux* 5.10; it is an
 enhancement of a previous option *IPAPPEND* which was only available on
-*PXELINUX*.  The 'bitmask' is an OR (sum) of the following integer options:
+*PXELINUX*.  'bitmask' is interpretted as decimal format unless prefixed
+with "0x" for hexidecimal.  The 'bitmask' is an OR (sum) of the
+following integer options:
 
 ifndef::doctype-manpage[[horizontal]]
 *1*::: An option of the following format should be generated, based on


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