Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 10:40:06 +0100 (MET) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.dk> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: bde@zeta.org.au, sos@FreeBSD.dk, dg@root.com, FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG, regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk Subject: Re: 3.0 -release ? Message-ID: <199712050940.KAA07910@sos.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <28890.881314391@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Dec 5, 97 01:33:11 am"
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In reply to Jordan K. Hubbard who wrote:
> > (the magic number at this address is of course 0xNNNNNNed to jump over
> > the header). Perhaps the boot loader should initialize paging so that
> > the startup code doesn't need to be written in assembler (to relocate
> > from low physical memory to high virtual memory).
>
> I think we were wondering more about the size constraints on getting a
> single-stage bootblock to recognize both ELF and a.out images. :-)
>
> I know you're a fan of our current boot blocks, but this sounds like
> more intelligence than can be fit into our existing boot block code.
> Is there a secret GRUB project going or something that I don't know
> about? How were the ELFsters planning on booting either type of
> kernel during the transition period? :)
Hmm, I think we have done it differently...
I have bootblocks that reads both formats, but has no bad144 support ...
I hope to have more time after Xmas/Newyear, currently I'm having 20+
hour days (we have a release to build at work, due monday), and a week
of vacation on the Canaries after that, then it should slowly settle
back to normal...
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Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
Even more code to hack -- will it ever end
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