[Etherboot-developers] 5.1.5 Menu & Console problems

[Robb M. <ma...@ac...>]

On my system, etherboot 5.1.5 loads from floppy (rtl8139.zdsk), then loads
an NFL tagged image. When a selection is made from NFL, an attempt is made
to load the selected file (I see the TFTP request at server), and etherboot
puts out a single DOT, then pauses for a period of time, then spews a large
number of dots, followed by a reboot.

I also noticed (when trying to gather more diagnostics on the above), that
setting CONSOLE_DUAL provides serial output when etherboot loads NFL, but
not after the selection is made in NFL and it returns control back to
etherboot. I looked for some code path, that might not call console_init()
on return of the secondary program (NFL in this case), but it escapes me.

I tested both of the above issues with 5.0.7, and both operate as expected
(NFL loads fine, selected image loads fine, and serial console is retained
after NFL returns).

Cheers,
Robb Main.