From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu May 9 15:15: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from 12-234-96-171.client.attbi.com (12-234-96-171.client.attbi.com [12.234.96.171]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4901037B485 for ; Thu, 9 May 2002 15:14:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 12-234-96-171.client.attbi.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B813CA900; Thu, 9 May 2002 15:16:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 15:16:03 -0700 From: Jonathan Mini To: Terry Lambert Cc: Michael Smith , Gordon Tetlow , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: nextboot loader diff Message-ID: <20020509151603.F43682@stylus.haikugeek.com> References: <200205091911.g49JBaI3002178@mass.dis.org> <3CDAF1A6.13DB883D@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3CDAF1A6.13DB883D@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Thu, May 09, 2002 at 03:01:10PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Terry Lambert [tlambert2@mindspring.com] wrote : > Michael Smith wrote: > > I still think you're not thinking the processes associated with this > > feature through carefully enough. > > Liten to Mike; he is the loader guru. > > I don't know how the file I/O is done for the "YES/NO" change, > since I have to have a couple of browsers open to read FORTH > code. 8-(. > > However, the prototype I worked on at ClickArray with James > (both guys who eventually donated code in that area were > ClickArray folks) assumed that it would rewrite the file with > equal length contents, as being the only safe way to do a > write from the FORTH code. This is the same code. [ ... failover code deisgn ... ] > Maybe you could ask Archie or Ambrisko to clarify the feature > you're trying to replace, and then ask Mike about the code > needed to do that? Gordon is working on rewriting nextboot(8) so that it works again. I shouldn't have to tell you to RTFM, Terry. ;P -- Jonathan Mini http://www.haikugeek.com "He who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge." -- Richard Whatley To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message