Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 10:49:13 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org> To: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New bootloader! Message-ID: <20030527174913.GA70249@intruder.bmah.org> In-Reply-To: <3ED29D4E.8070606@btc.adaptec.com> References: <3ED194D8.4040706@btc.adaptec.com> <20030526.164650.10294010.imp@bsdimp.com> <3ED29D4E.8070606@btc.adaptec.com>
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--fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If memory serves me right, Scott Long wrote: > M. Warner Losh wrote: > >Do you envision this loader script as something that would be part of > >the installation process, or something people would use everyday? > > > >Warner >=20 > I think that it has the potential to be an everyday feature. Disabling > it is quite easy; just remove the patch that I posted in the previous > message (or just remove the line that calls the entry point). I'm > looking for it to be a start to something that enables one to easily > load arbitrary kernels, control device/kernel variables, etc. Cute. :-) I like this. This point probably isn't worthy of an arch@ discussion, but I'm concerned that it is not clear to the first-time user what happens when the count-down timer expires. (In other words, "[Space] to pause" *what*?!?) Maybe steal some of the wording from the old bootloader prompt? Bruce. --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+06UZ2MoxcVugUsMRArElAJ9WRnOrKHM9ezN9Hj9bJ89y5chiCQCgwTTQ dtzUTZXq0KEy3of4SfKwRKA= =OWvR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N--
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