Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 15:08:04 +0000 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New boot blocks + serial hardware handshaking? Message-ID: <19990209150804.H83748@florence.pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <199901181739.TAA04407@ceia.nordier.com>; from Robert Nordier on Mon, Jan 18, 1999 at 07:39:06PM %2B0200 References: <19990118151749.A68260@florence.pavilion.net> <199901181739.TAA04407@ceia.nordier.com>
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On Mon, Jan 18, 1999 at 07:39:06PM +0200, Robert Nordier wrote: > Josef Karthauser wrote: > > As the one who did the actual coding, I can confirm that the approach > adopted in both the new bootblocks and the boot loader is virtually > identical to that used in the older (biosboot) bootblocks. In all > cases, the simplest approach giving the smallest code sizes was > used, so there's very little difference between the three sets of > routines. > > The above applies to 3.0-current. In 3.0-release, the boot loader > was still using BIOS routines (with hardware handshaking), but this > was changed around late November 1998. I've now confirmed this. The problems that we saw in October have indeed been fixed. Thanks, Joe -- Josef Karthauser FreeBSD: How many times have you booted today? Technical Manager Viagra for your server (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@uk.freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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