From owner-freebsd-current Fri Aug 1 22:29:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA03055 for current-outgoing; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 22:29:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.webspan.net (root@mail.webspan.net [206.154.70.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA03049 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 22:29:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from orion.webspan.net (orion.webspan.net [206.154.70.5]) by mail.webspan.net (WEBSPAN/970608) with ESMTP id BAA01848; Sat, 2 Aug 1997 01:29:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from orion.webspan.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by orion.webspan.net (WEBSPAN/970608) with ESMTP id BAA26504; Sat, 2 Aug 1997 01:29:10 -0400 (EDT) To: dg@root.com cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Chuck Robey , FreeBSD current From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: core group topics In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 31 Jul 1997 04:42:32 PDT." <199707311142.EAA28471@implode.root.com> Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 01:29:10 -0400 Message-ID: <26502.870499750@orion.webspan.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk David Greenman wrote in message ID <199707311142.EAA28471@implode.root.com>: > There is? I don't recall discussing that at all, and if we do > eventually go the ELF way, I think the kernel would be one of the > last areas we'd want to convert since it further complicates our > cramped bootblocks. All the more reason to go to 3 stage booting. It seems to have been one of these `nice to have, maybe someday' things like a fully working DEVFS. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info