From owner-freebsd-current Fri Dec 4 17:51:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA20074 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:51:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp3.portal.net.au [202.12.71.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA20066 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:51:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA01551; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:48:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812050148.RAA01551@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Wilko Bulte cc: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard), wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New drivers and install floppy space In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 05 Dec 1998 02:37:55 +0100." <199812050137.CAA04929@yedi.iaf.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 17:48:52 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > As Jordan K. Hubbard wrote... > > > I'm on the verge of committing four new fast ethernet device drivers > > > to -current, however I'm a bit concerned about running out of space on > > > the installation floppy (these drivers will be added to the GENERIC > > > > Even if we do hit a wall, we can always make it a kern.flp only feature. > > Eventually with the growing hardware support we would be back at a > 2 floppy boot set it seems. Not a problem in my opinion, but is there a > general strategy or is it simply 'waiting for the wall'? At the moment, the current exploratory strategy is the split kern.flp/ mfsroot.gz arrangement. It's probably going to make more sense just to have them as two floppy images for distribution purposes. The alternative will be to have a single minimal kernel and mfsroot floppy, and another floppy with a pile of KLD modules on it. This won't be feasible until the PCI code moves to the new bus architecture (soon we hope). -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message