Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 11:55:48 -0600 From: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> Cc: re-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My take at unbreaking releases for 5.1 Message-ID: <3EC677A4.8010407@btc.adaptec.com> In-Reply-To: <20030517065303.GB23902@sunbay.com> References: <20030517065303.GB23902@sunbay.com>
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Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 05:30:05PM -0600, Scott Long wrote: > >>I'm moving this over to the alpha mailing list for comment. In short, >>the alpha release build is overflowing the install floppies. Ruslan's >>fix is to remove the cd and acd drivers with the theory that if the >>user doesn't boot off of the CD during install, they probably won't >>use the CD at all during the install. Is this reasonable? We would >>like comments relatively quickly as having Alpha releasable for >>5.1-BETA2 is highly desirable. Another angle that will be tested this >>weekend is to de-inline the mutex functions to slim down the kernel. >>That should save a few 10's of kilobytes, though it's unclear if this >>will allow the cd and acd drivers to be restored. >> > > The latest patch is available here: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~ru/patches/release.patch > > Note that it also deals with the "bsdlabel(8) missing on the fixit > floppy" problem. > > > Cheers, If the bsdlabel part hasn't been committed yet, then please commit it now. As for the other part, let's see what can be done with Wilko and David's fix this weekend. Thanks, Scott
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