From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 12 17:40:23 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA71E425; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:40:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com) Received: from mx1.fisglobal.com (mx1.fisglobal.com [199.200.24.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD0BA8FC08; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:40:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.fisglobal.com ([10.132.206.16]) by ltcfislmsgpa04.fnfis.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qACHeMvw009595 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:40:22 -0600 Received: from [10.0.0.103] (10.14.152.61) by smtp.fisglobal.com (10.132.206.16) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.2.309.2; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:40:21 -0600 Subject: Re: Working on Bootforth / ficl MIME-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" From: Devin Teske In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:40:19 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <1DE1DC5C-9D7F-4FC7-A27C-736B0B172DBF@fisglobal.com> References: To: mike X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) X-Originating-IP: [10.14.152.61] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.9.8185, 1.0.431, 0.0.0000 definitions=2012-11-12_03:2012-11-12,2012-11-11,1970-01-01 signatures=0 Cc: Adrian Chadd , Devin Teske , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Devin Teske List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:40:24 -0000 On Nov 12, 2012, at 12:56 AM, mike wrote: > Hi, > a few years ago I made an upgrade to ficl 4.0 and some other changes whic= h brought among other things: - A somewhat simpler C-interface (IMHO) The simplified C interface would be welcome in the upcoming BE enhancements. > - Real compression for the softwoods I like the sound of that. > - A user-land ficl executable which acted exactly like the bootloader for= better > forth development >=20 Does it support "include" ? That's been one of the biggest things preventin= g me from simulating boot in userland. If it does, this would be a very gre= at addition. > A first step to get back on this topic would be to vendor import the rela= ted ficl versions (ficl33, ficl40, ficl41) and move the currently used ficl= 33 > from sys/boot/ficl to sys/contrib/ficl and separate the local modificatio= ns > from the vendor code. >=20 > Any objections in general? >=20 I've none, but you should seek opinions of others too. --=20 Devin P.S. Thank you! > What would be the preferred method? > - Vendor import of ficl33 as described in the commiters guide > - svn copy of ficl33 to sys/contrib/ficl > - svn copy of the locally modified ficl33 files or reapply the local chan= ges? >=20 > Other suggestions? >=20 > Thanks in advance! >=20 > Greetings > --- > Michael Reifenberger _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.