From owner-freebsd-current Fri Oct 2 17:29:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA29279 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 17:29:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA29263 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 17:29:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA02872; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 17:33:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810030033.RAA02872@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Greg Lehey cc: Mike Smith , Alfred Perlstein , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ELF kernel? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 03 Oct 1998 09:52:36 +0930." <19981003095236.D2176@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 17:33:01 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >>> I use 'strip -g' for ELF kernels. If your kernel is a.out, you probably > >>> need 'strip -aout -d'. > >> > >> any idea on the expected cutover to ELF kernels? > > > > Perhaps Sunday or so. There are a few variables left, but no more than > > a couple of days before it's ready. > > Oh. What does that mean for LKMs? They become KLD modules. The actual source-level changes are pretty minimal. > Isn't this a bit late in the Beta to start changing kernel formats? There's mixed opinion on this; at the moment we just want to get the tech out there for people to play with it. The big kicker is that if we *don't* change now, we'll have yet another big-gulp change point in front of the 3.0.x stability release, which will also be Bad. You can build an ELF kernel right now (just set KERNFORMAT to elf), and if you're up to date with the new bootstrap (as of about now) you can boot it just like it was an a.out kernel. -- \\ 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