From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 10 02:41:23 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id CAA26923 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jul 1996 02:41:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from plato.ucsalf.ac.uk (plato.ucsalf.ac.uk [193.62.40.188]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA26901; Wed, 10 Jul 1996 02:41:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost by plato.ucsalf.ac.uk with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #5) id m0udvlf-000k5YC; Wed, 10 Jul 96 10:41 WET DST Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 10:41:11 +0100 (BST) From: Mark Powell To: Poul-Henning Kamp cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RARP and bootparamd per NetBSD [was Re: Root filesystem on NFS, Linux style ???] In-Reply-To: <613.836991324@critter.tfs.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 10 Jul 1996, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message , Mark > Powell writes: > >Well... I have identified the section of code that needs working on, but > >I've not modified a FreeBSD kernel, previously. It'll need some learning > >curve climbing. Thought it might be elementary for one of the kernel aces > >to slip in, between coffees, so to speak :) > > Well, I only drink tea, so there is never any time between coffees for me :-/ Hey. I assumed you were an American? Drinking tea? Whatever next. > I'll put it on my list, but it will be down at the far end for now, and > that means about 80 entries on top of this one :-( Okay, cheers. > I suggest you give it a shot, it shouldn't be that hard actually... Okay. Before I start. I am currently running -stable on this box. I assume the mods. would be most useful against current? If so does that require a complete current install? I've just grabbed the -current kernel, but it doesn't compile. > Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. > http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. > whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. > Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so. Mark Powell - Senior Network Technician - Room: C806 Computer Services Unit, University College Salford, Salford, Manchester, UK. Tel: +44 161 745 3376 Fax: +44 161 736 3596 Email: mark@ucsalf.ac.uk finger mark@ucsalf.ac.uk (for PGP key) Home Page