Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 15:50:52 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Erich Boleyn <erich@uruk.org> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, dg@Root.COM, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Memory probe(s) in FreeBSD Message-ID: <328FA4DC.41C67EA6@whistle.com> References: <E0vPGZx-0006py-00@uruk.org>
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Erich Boleyn wrote: > > How about we leave the existing boot interface the way it is, and I'll > generate a patch to use the new Multiboot interface (which can happily > co-exist with the BSD methodology). Some really big advantages of > the Multiboot stuff include of course the extra memory information, but > also a real text command-line (i.e. no patches to the bootloader for > every new kernel option supported) and multiple modules passed at boot-time > to the kernel would then be supported. > > What do you think? > well the whole boot/load area does need some work, though one migh argue that one only boots aoocasionally, and that it can be made to wrk at present so "if it aint broken, don't fix it" but of course it is quite ugly (and I had a lot to do with it) julian
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