From owner-freebsd-current Mon Nov 2 15:06:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA22758 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 15:06:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA22752 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 15:06:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA02107; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 15:05:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811022305.PAA02107@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New boot loader and alternate kernels In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 02 Nov 1998 15:01:42 PST." <27127.910047702@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 15:05:35 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > 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