Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 19:29:18 +1100 From: "John Saunders" <john.saunders@scitec.com.au> To: "Mike Smith" <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: New boot loader and alternate kernels Message-ID: <000601be0704$0cda76a0$6cb611cb@saruman.scitec.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199811022258.OAA02025@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith wrote:
> > FORTH does have a decent pedigree as a bootloader - Sun have been
> > using it for at least 6 years. Most user interaction is covered
> > by "boot FILE FLAGS", "reset" and "sync" - you don't have to be
> > a FORTH guru to use it.
>
> 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.
While not being a FORTH fan (horrible syntax :-) I can see that
it has very desirable attributes for a boot loader. If it can
provide a "boot kernel flags" style interface then who cares
if FORTH is behind it.
I also see things in the future like probing hardware and booting
custom kernels. Certainly a good tool for creating install
distributions.
It's good that the "philosophical issues" are bugging you. That
means that should FORTH get the go-ahead it will be on technical
merit rather than due to advocacy issues :-)
Cheers.
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