From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Mar 10 16:15:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA10048 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 16:15:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from phaeton.artisoft.com (phaeton.Artisoft.COM [198.17.250.50]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA10042 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 16:15:24 -0800 (PST) Received: (from terry@localhost) by phaeton.artisoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id RAA24037; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 17:07:40 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199703110007.RAA24037@phaeton.artisoft.com> Subject: Re: pcvt/132 columns To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 17:07:39 -0700 (MST) Cc: FreeBSD-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <19970311001735.QB63298@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Mar 11, 97 00:17:35 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > > FreeBSD does not support ELF. > > > > > > Terry doesn't know anything about FreeBSD. > > > I can't load an ELF kernel with my a.out expecting boot blocks. > > > > Are you saying this has changed recenty? > > So by your definition, ``DOS doesn't support .EXE files.'', since you > cannot boot it as an .EXE file? There is a difference between "supporting ELF" and supporting ELF files" which you appear to be glossing over here. As to your question, it's a non-sequitur... DOS supports .EXE files, but BIOS POST does not. You also presume (incorrectly) that DOS is an OS. > Btw., the first submission for an ELF-aware bootstrap predates John's > ELFkit by at least one year, it is from the time where the `Lites' > fever was going'round. Be assured, the bootstrap is the least of the > problems if it comes to an ELF kernel. (This patch came from Bryan > Ford , on 21 Apr 95 17:46:04 MDT. I can > forward you the entire article if you want.) > > Now, there's also GRUB. 1) Which of these two will FreeBSD support by default? 2) When? Regards, Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.