New kernel today in Slackware 14.2 and in Slackware-current

Running fine on my HP laptop.
Just copied the kernel from /boot to the EFI section and ran eliloconfig

Originally Posted by ringwraith Just copied the kernel from /boot to the EFI section

eliloconfig does that too.

Originally Posted by Didier Spaier eliloconfig does that too.

eliloconfig also just utilizes cp

I updated to the new kernel today and got an error I haven't seen before...

Basically after updating to 4.9.35 I rebooted as usual and was forced into interactive mode. I didn't read the changelog so it might be right there... who knows. Will figure it out later.

Looks like a syntax error in the file /boot/efi/EFI/Slackware/elilo.conf. Please attach it (renamed elilo.conf.txt) to your next post or copy/paste it.

Originally Posted by Didier Spaier Looks like a syntax error in the file /boot/efi/EFI/Slackware/elilo.conf. Please attach it (renamed elilo.conf.txt) to your next post or copy/paste it.

yup... when editing the config I must have deleted the final "

default = generic
chooser=simple
delay=1
timeout=2
#
image=vmlinuz-generic-4.9.34
        root=/dev/sda5
        label=old
        initrd=initrd.gz
        read-only
        description="Slackware 64 OLD 4.9.34"

image=vmlinuz-generic-4.9.35
        label=generic
        root=/dev/sda5
        initrd=initrd.gz
        read-only
        description="Slackware 64 Generic-4.9.35

I added the quote after the .35 and all is fine... stupid mistake.

Glad you got it fixed. That's a kind of mistake I make way too often, so I certainly won't blame you.

Unfortunately I know no syntax checker for elilo.conf. Maybe I will write one if I am not too lazy.

I now see here this option:

	-P	Verify config file syntax only. this option causes ELILO to 
		parse the config file and generate a report on the console.
		No kernel is loaded.

I should have read that before, comes handy and maybe could be added to eliloconfig.

the binary elilo is not shipped in the elilo package and -P is an option of elilo.

I could compile it with a few ugly hacks (including installation of dpkg from SBo to get dpkg-archive, and some symlinks) but the linker fails:

make[1] : on quitte le répertoire « /home/didier/Slint/repo/x86_64/slint-14.2/source/elilo/elilo-3.16-source/x86_64 »
/usr/bin/ld -nostdlib -znocombreloc -T /usr/lib/elf_x86_64_efi.lds -shared -Bsymbolic -L/usr/lib -L/usr/lib /usr/lib/crt0-efi-x86_64.o elilo.o getopt.o strops.o loader.o fileops.o util.o vars.o alloc.o chooser.o config.o initrd.o alternate.o bootparams.o gunzip.o console.o fs/fs.o choosers/choosers.o devschemes/devschemes.o x86_64/sysdeps.o glue_localfs.o glue_netfs.o -o elilo.so -lefi -lgnuefi /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-slackware-linux/5.3.0/libgcc.a
/usr/bin/ld : ne peut trouver -lefi
/usr/bin/ld : ne peut trouver -lgnuefi
Make.rules:31 : la recette pour la cible « elilo.so » a échouée
make: *** [elilo.so] Erreur 1
didier[~/Slint/repo/x86_64/slint-14.2/source/elilo/elilo-3.16-source]$

I will request help in a specific thread not to hijack this one.

I just needed to do this:

ln -s /usr/lib64/libefi.a /usr/lib/libefi.a
ln -s /usr/lib64/libgnuefi.a /usr/lib/libgnuefi.a

Or better, change the location of the EFI libraries in Makefile.defaults. By the way I didn't need to install dpkg either, I should have read the SlackBuild

Anyway all this to just rebuild elilo.efi... Already included in the package, just prebuilt and under another name:

didier[~/Slint/repo/x86_64/slint-14.2/source/elilo/elilo-3.16-source]$ file elilo.efi 
elilo.efi: PE32+ executable (EFI application) x86-64 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows

tl;dr: the elilo command with the -P option should be typed in an EFI shell.

4.9.36 is working good