From owner-freebsd-current Tue Oct 13 16:49:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA23212 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 16:49:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA23196 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 16:49:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) id JAA05710; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 09:51:12 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199810132351.JAA05710@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: ELF kernels (was: Make elf release) In-Reply-To: from =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag=2DErling_C=2E_Sm=F8rgrav?= at "Oct 14, 98 01:35:32 am" To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 09:51:12 +1000 (EST) Cc: grog@lemis.com, peter@netplex.com.au, Studded@gorean.org, mike@smith.net.au, eculp@webwizard.org.mx, FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dag-Erling C. Smørgrav wrote: > Greg Lehey writes: > > On Tuesday, 13 October 1998 at 17:09:30 +0800, Peter Wemm wrote: > > > IMHO, whether /kernel is a.out or elf is far less of an issue than which > > > bootblocks we use. > > I'm not sure whether you're talking about the same issue that Doug > > (Studded) is. I think moving to an ELF kernel 2 days before code > > freeze would be a disaster. > > ...but switching to Elf-aware boot blocks would not affect the kernel, > and would make a later transition to an Elf kernel less painful for > those who install 3.0-RELEASE from scratch. I think this is what Peter > meant. We shouldn't release code that *most* developers haven't had a chance to run. Let people run the code for a month before even considering putting it in a release. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message