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From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>
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Subject: Re: ELF kernel?
In-Reply-To: <19981003120951.A431@keltia.freenix.fr> from Ollivier Robert at "Oct 3, 98 12:09:51 pm"
To: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert)
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 16:15:23 +0200 (SAT)
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Ollivier Robert wrote:
> According to Mike Smith:
> > 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.
> 
> Why am I getting this error when trying to compile the new bootloader ?
> 
> cc -O -pipe -I/src/src/sys/boot/i386/libi386/../../common -I/src/src/sys/boot/i386/libi386/../btx/lib -c /src/src/sys/boot/i386/libi386/bootinfo.c -o bootinfo.o
> /src/src/sys/boot/i386/libi386/bootinfo.c: In function `bi_load':
> /src/src/sys/boot/i386/libi386/bootinfo.c:275: structure has no member named `bi_vesa'
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop.
> 
> /sys/i386/include/bootinfo.h has no structure member called bi_vesa.

This apparently crept in when some code was merged.  I've committed a
fix.

-- 
Robert Nordier

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