From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
To: "open list:BAREBOX" <barebox@lists.infradead.org>,
Stephano Cetola <stephano@cetola.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] extlinux: resolve absolute paths against the partition root
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:44:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <178791387997.353148.12067803861235796356.b4-ty@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260825-send-extlinux-abs-path-v1-1-910bf0a3dad1@cetola.net>
On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:38:43 -0700, Stephano Cetola wrote:
> extlinux_boot() always joined a path with '/' against rootpath, which
> holds the config file's own directory, not the partition root. A
> KERNEL/INITRD/FDT value starting with '/', the normal syslinux way to
> name a path from the partition root, got treated as relative instead.
> The extlinux.conf file itself can live in a different directory than
> the partition root (extlinux_scan_directory() looks in both
> boot/extlinux/ and extlinux/), so this produced a wrong, nonexistent
> path whenever a config used an absolute KERNEL/INITRD/FDT entry.
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[1/1] extlinux: resolve absolute paths against the partition root
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=1cbbf0e06cf2 (link may not be stable)
Best regards,
--
Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
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