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From: "Garrett Cooper" <yanefbsd@gmail.com>
To: "Luigi Rizzo" <rizzo@iet.unipi.it>
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Subject: Re: src/sys/boot/common/load.c unused ?
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On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> wrote:
> while debugging the misbehaviour of pxeboot on certain machines,
> i noticed that the file src/sys/boot/common/load.c seems to be
> unused -- in fact, i could not find a reference to this file (or the
> filedup() function that it implements) anywhere.
>
> Is it supposed to be used somehow, or it is ok to remove it ?
>
> cheers
> luigi

Try removing it and see if a compile fails. If not, then try booting
from a known working machine to see if PXE booting still functions.
-Garrett