From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jul 31 05:36:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA04868 for current-outgoing; Thu, 31 Jul 1997 05:36:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA04863 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 1997 05:36:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id WAA28265; Thu, 31 Jul 1997 22:06:25 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707311236.WAA28265@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: core group topics In-Reply-To: <244.870351027@critter.dk.tfs.com> from Poul-Henning Kamp at "Jul 31, 97 02:10:27 pm" To: phk@dk.tfs.com (Poul-Henning Kamp) Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 22:06:25 +0930 (CST) Cc: dg@root.com, phk@dk.tfs.com, jkh@time.cdrom.com, chuckr@Glue.umd.edu, freebsd-current@freefall.FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Poul-Henning Kamp stands accused of saying: > >the ELF way, I think the kernel would be one of the last areas we'd want to > >convert since it further complicates our cramped bootblocks. > > Have you looked at multiboot/GRUB from Eric Boleyn (sp?) yet ? GRUB is very interesting in some ways, but a) I couldn't actually build it (Linux-centric build process?), and b) is very much the hackers power-toy. I could see it being quite a daunting experience for a "new" user. (It also uses hardcoded block numbers for the 1.5 stage UFS bootstrap, something I am allergic to as a rule.) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[