Proposed F19 Feature: Syslinux Option

[Gerd Hoffmann]

  Hi,

> Is there perhaps a consensus what the long-term future will look like?
>  In particular, is it impossible/plausible/probable that most
> architectures will move to EFI, and if so, will virtualization also
> move to EFI eventually?

virtualization will support EFI, but certainly not require it.  Note
that one important use case of virtualization is to run old software ...

> That would mean syslinux is not a long-term
> option.

EFI support for syslinux is in development already, so long-term it will
be there.

>  Or is the future in this area uncertain enough that there is
> a benefit in having more options readily available?

Well, a sane config format is reason enough, isn't it?

cheers,
  Gerd