From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 7 00:06:58 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1C901065673; Sat, 7 May 2011 00:06:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from mail.xcllnt.net (mail.xcllnt.net [70.36.220.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B1128FC0C; Sat, 7 May 2011 00:06:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dhcp-192-168-2-13.wifi.xcllnt.net (atm.xcllnt.net [70.36.220.6]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.xcllnt.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p4706qD3039962 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 6 May 2011 17:06:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Marcel Moolenaar In-Reply-To: <4DC3FC8F.2070200@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 17:06:52 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <97F11E8D-E0D3-4BF9-8188-1B58DAF37054@xcllnt.net> References: <201105051416.p45EGfcd003037@svn.freebsd.org> <8FF5539E-F91D-46C6-9019-B40CB8010A85@xcllnt.net> <4DC36B2B.4010509@freebsd.org> <4DC3FC8F.2070200@freebsd.org> To: Nathan Whitehorn X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r221497 - head/release/ia64 X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 May 2011 00:06:58 -0000 On May 6, 2011, at 6:50 AM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > On 05/06/11 00:21, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: >> On May 5, 2011, at 8:29 PM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >>=20 >>> On 05/05/11 16:18, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: >>>> On May 5, 2011, at 7:16 AM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >>>>=20 >>>>> @@ -84,15 +63,13 @@ if [ $bootable =3D yes ]; then >>>>> mv $MNT/boot/loader.efi $MNT/efi/boot/bootia64.efi >>>>> umount $MNT >>>>> mdconfig -d -u $md >>>>> - BOOTOPTS=3D"-b $EFIPART -no-emul-boot" >>>>> + BOOTOPTS=3D"-b bootimage=3Di386;$EFIPART -o no-emul-boot" >>>>> else >>>>> BOOTOPTS=3D"" >>>>> fi >>>> Thanks! >>>>=20 >>>> Can you explain what this particular change does or why it's done? >>>>=20 >>> I'm cleaning up the release-building code, and am switching them = from mkisofs to makefs, which provides the same functionality. This = started with some irritation with the cdrtools port and a bug in the HFS = hybrid generation that was breaking PPC release CD generation. Switching = these to depend on makefs in general speeds the release-building process = and removes the number of dependencies involved, since makefs is built = as part of base. >> Actually, I was just interested in the 'bootimage=3Di386' part >> of your change. I totally get why you're doing it :-) >=20 > Ah, OK :) >=20 > That just sets the El Torito system type to 0 (x86), which is what = IA64 uses, as far as I can tell, and doesn't turn on any special magic = like is done for the mac. I suppose while we're monkeying about with = makefs, we could add an 'ia64' alias. Nah, don't worry about it... --=20 Marcel Moolenaar marcel@xcllnt.net