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Date:      Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:40:19 -0800
From:      Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com>
To:        mike <mike@reifenberger.com>
Cc:        Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Working on Bootforth / ficl
Message-ID:  <1DE1DC5C-9D7F-4FC7-A27C-736B0B172DBF@fisglobal.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.WNT.2.00.1211120856000.7920@ux32>
References:  <A0A46155-0969-459E-BCD6-4AA7B8B371BE@fisglobal.com> <alpine.WNT.2.00.1211120856000.7920@ux32>

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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

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