From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Wed Jan 6 23:21:58 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D820A65A45 for ; Wed, 6 Jan 2016 23:21:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from devin@shxd.cx) Received: from shxd.cx (mail.shxd.cx [64.201.244.140]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7B123157C; Wed, 6 Jan 2016 23:21:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from devin@shxd.cx) Received: from 50-196-156-133-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([50.196.156.133]:49873 helo=tinkerbell.pixel8networks.com) by shxd.cx with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.77 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1aGp59-000OUv-7j; Wed, 06 Jan 2016 06:28:59 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2104\)) Subject: Re: Does anyone use kgzip / kgzldr? From: Devin Teske In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 15:21:56 -0800 Cc: Devin Teske , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-Id: <62C54FBA-CA69-497C-9DF5-052FD39D0EF0@freebsd.org> References: To: Ed Maste X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2104) Sender: devin@shxd.cx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2016 23:21:58 -0000 > On Nov 23, 2015, at 6:35 PM, Ed Maste wrote: >=20 > Hiya, I wanted to forward this to you in case you're not reading = -current at the moment so you don't miss it. A PR of yours from 2013 is = the only recent evidence I found of someone using kgzldr :-) >=20 Not on -current -- didn't get the original (thanks for the forward). >=20 > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ed Maste > > Date: 23 November 2015 at 20:25 > Subject: Does anyone use kgzip / kgzldr? > To: FreeBSD Current > >=20 >=20 > I disconnected kgzldr from the build in r291113 because I thought > kgzip was already disconnected. As it happens kgzip was disconnected > only from the release builds, in r281658. >=20 nods. > kgzip / kgzldr only works on i386, and for quite some time the > recommended way to use a compressed kernel has been via loader(8). Is > there a compelling use case for kgzldr and loader(8)-less i386 boot? Custom media used by some enterprises. It certainly is not the norm, = I'll say, but it does work. Being "i386 only" isn't of much concern for, say, my = previous employer whereat I had modified the installer (sysinstall) to = more-aggressively sandbox itself, allowing it to do things like boot/execute i386 but lay = down an amd64 release (so long as a little bit of CPUID x86 ASM yielded a = positive hit on CPU LongMode). > I'll reconnect kgzldr (on i386 only) if it's useful, or otherwise > continue with the removal. >=20 I'd like to see it reconnected. I think that's what we had discussed last. --=20 Cheers, Devin