From owner-cvs-all Thu Jan 7 12:00:04 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA28009 for cvs-all-outgoing; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 12:00:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA27879; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 11:59:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA09889; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 11:52:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from current1.whistle.com(207.76.205.22) via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpdAj9881; Thu Jan 7 19:52:33 1999 Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 11:52:29 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer To: Peter Wemm cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf Makefile.i386 In-Reply-To: <199901070652.WAA07084@freefall.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk I strongly believe that the elf kernel should have a different name.. e.g. /FreeBSD this will ensure that only new bootblocks will find it and old bootblocks will find the old kernel lying about. this may save some people some grief. julian linking /kernel as another name of /loader would allow old bootblocks to keep working. On Wed, 6 Jan 1999, Peter Wemm wrote: > peter 1999/01/06 22:52:42 PST > > Modified files: > sys/i386/conf Makefile.i386 > Log: > Flip the kernel default to ELF.. Add a test to try and warn people > that they might be about to blow their feet off if they have not been > reading their mail. I don't know if or how well this will work, but it's > worth a try. > > Revision Changes Path > 1.133 +12 -2 src/sys/i386/conf/Makefile.i386 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message