From: Stephano Cetola <stephano@cetola.net>
To: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>,
"open list:BAREBOX" <barebox@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: [PATCH] extlinux: recognize LINUX as an alias for KERNEL
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:38:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260825-send-extlinux-linux-keyword-v1-1-e2d0b9f291d4@cetola.net> (raw)
Syslinux configs commonly use LINUX instead of KERNEL to name the
kernel image. parse_extlinux_conf() only checked for KERNEL, so a
LABEL block using LINUX left entry->kernel unset. parse_extlinux_conf()
requires a kernel path to accept an entry, so the whole extlinux.conf
was rejected instead of just the one line being ignored.
Fixes: b912fa9fc3ca ("Add support for extlinux.conf")
Signed-off-by: Stephano Cetola <stephano@cetola.net>
---
common/extlinux.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/common/extlinux.c b/common/extlinux.c
index caa62923da..92c49ebbce 100644
--- a/common/extlinux.c
+++ b/common/extlinux.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static struct extlinux_entry *parse_extlinux_conf(const char *abspath,
}
if (entry) {
- if (!strcasecmp(key, "KERNEL"))
+ if (!strcasecmp(key, "KERNEL") || !strcasecmp(key, "LINUX"))
entry->kernel = xstrdup(val);
else if (!strcasecmp(key, "INITRD"))
entry->initrd = xstrdup(val);
---
base-commit: 9bc1a26592a59919d2ee8c60c273d87d3d9f2e81
change-id: 20260822-send-extlinux-linux-keyword-ce52ee90d321
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2026-08-26 0:38 Stephano Cetola [this message]
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