From owner-cvs-sys Thu Feb 13 06:46:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA14252 for cvs-sys-outgoing; Thu, 13 Feb 1997 06:46:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA14240; Thu, 13 Feb 1997 06:46:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id BAA19714; Fri, 14 Feb 1997 01:16:44 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199702131446.BAA19714@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot boot.c In-Reply-To: <199702131315.FAA09941@freefall.freebsd.org> from Bruce Evans at "Feb 13, 97 05:15:51 am" To: bde@freefall.freebsd.org (Bruce Evans) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 01:16:42 +1030 (CST) Cc: CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-sys@freefall.freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Bruce Evans stands accused of saying: > Get defaults for the boot device (and flags) from the file > "boot.config" (relative to the root directory on the 'a' partition > on the first BSD slice) if it exists. If it doesn't exist, then > the only visible changes should be that the kernel name isn't reset > to "/kernel" after looking it up fails and that the default name > is now "kernel". Are the contents of this file left where the kernel can find them? Is the function able to handle finding files in subdirectories? (Could it look eg. in a single fixed directory, eg /boot?) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[