Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 15:05:35 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New boot loader and alternate kernels Message-ID: <199811022305.PAA02107@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Nov 1998 15:01:42 PST." <27127.910047702@time.cdrom.com>
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> > That's my hope. We also have enough manifest Forth talent to get us > > bootstrapped to that stage, so I don't view it as technically > > impossible. The philosophical issues are still bugging me. > > Damn the philosophy, just provide the functionality and let anyone > with a competing philosophy come up with some better alternative if > they don't like it. :-) Ok. It's at home, so I'll commit the framework tonight. I'm still experimenting with integration and things like "who controls getting input?", so it'll be playfodder for a while. Meanwhile I've just implemented a tiny block cache, and the improvement on disk performance (especially floppy) is very desirable. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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