Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 15:50:57 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/efi/libefi efifs.c Makefile efiboot Message-ID: <XFMail.010907155057.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0109071810370.54058-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
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On 07-Sep-01 Doug Rabson wrote: > On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, John Baldwin wrote: > >> >> On 07-Sep-01 Doug Rabson wrote: >> > On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, John Baldwin wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> On 07-Sep-01 Doug Rabson wrote: >> >> > dfr 2001/09/07 01:51:48 PDT >> >> > >> >> > Modified files: >> >> > sys/boot/efi/libefi Makefile efiboot.h >> >> > Added files: >> >> > sys/boot/efi/libefi efifs.c >> >> > Log: >> >> > Add a libstand filesystem for accessing EFI native filesystems. >> >> >> >> Woot! So how far along are you know? Can you read a kernel into memory >> >> now? >> > >> > Of course not :-). I can open the file and read some bytes from it. >> >> Hmmm, ok. So what's stopping you from opening the file named "kernel" and >> sticking its bytes in one contiguous slab in memory? :) Granted, the >> current >> kernel doesn't have any sort of non-ski console driver AFAIK. > > I haven't written the backend hooks for the ELF loader yet. I also haven't > written the trampoline which turns on paging and starts the kernel. > Actually, I was hoping that Peter would wave a magic wand and get a SKI > version of loader going so that I can debug some of that hairy low-level > code in a forgiving environment. Well, he has the simulator up and running and physical hardware now, so he's got no excuse for slacking off. Unless he's finishing up his NFS work. :) -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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