Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 12:52:01 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ficl Message-ID: <199811062052.MAA00840@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 06 Nov 1998 06:56:48 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811060653440.300-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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> I'm watching all your work using ficl with a lot of interest, but I > don't understand the operating environment of programs at that early > stage of boot too well. Is the filesystem available? Can any use be > made of other Unix utils at all? What devices are available? > Obviously, screen input/output is *somewhat* available, right? See the libstand(9) manpage for a succinct summary of the environment. You have read-only filesystem access, and a subset of the standard Unix API. There's no kernel running, so no, you can't run anything else; this is one compelling reason for adding Forth - it lets you load and run stuff on an as-required basis. -- \\ 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
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