From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 21 11:23:06 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE4CB37B405 for ; Wed, 21 May 2003 11:23:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail13.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE1F643F85 for ; Wed, 21 May 2003 11:23:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 32560 invoked from network); 21 May 2003 18:23:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )encrypted SMTP for ; 21 May 2003 18:23:04 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h4LIN1p0058385; Wed, 21 May 2003 14:23:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.4 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20030521172120.GA81292@sunbay.com> Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 14:23:13 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Ruslan Ermilov cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: Scott Long cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: "Daniel C. Sobral" cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/alpha dokern.sh drivers.conf X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 18:23:07 -0000 On 21-May-2003 Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 10:36:24AM -0600, Scott Long wrote: >> Ruslan Ermilov wrote: >> >On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 08:28:05AM -0300, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: >> > >> >>And I can't say I'm happy to discover I'm >> >>wrong, since my plans call for an increase of 40Kb on i386 for the >> >>loader on i386 (rather more on 64 bits archs). I counted on not being >> >>encumbered by floppy's loader. >> >> >> > >> >FWIW, recompiling loader without FICL, saved me 100K on the kern.flp >> >for Alpha! The patch that does this isn't ready for committing yet, >> >but I will make sure to polish it to the required shape. >> > >> >> I have plans for FICL and boot media. I'd rather not reduce the >> functionality of the loader, and instead do easy things like compress >> the .ko files like has been suggested before. >> > Whatever. Here's a working patch that recompiles boot loaders > without FICL for the purposes of boot floppies. I think we can hold off on this change for now since things are fitting again. I don't think it is wise to blow off people's concerns about more advanced uses of the loader on the boot floppy. > I'm real sorry, but that well-known change that split release.9 > into release.9 and release.9.alpha now gets in the way, so its > reversion is also included in the patch. Be patient and less whiny about that please. Beating that dead horse only serves to make things worse. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/