From owner-freebsd-current Fri Aug 1 23:14:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA04655 for current-outgoing; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 23:14:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA04648; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 23:14:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id PAA09337; Sat, 2 Aug 1997 15:44:20 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199708020614.PAA09337@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: core group topics In-Reply-To: <26502.870499750@orion.webspan.net> from Gary Palmer at "Aug 2, 97 01:29:10 am" To: gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG (Gary Palmer) Date: Sat, 2 Aug 1997 15:44:19 +0930 (CST) Cc: dg@root.com, phk@dk.tfs.com, jkh@time.cdrom.com, chuckr@Glue.umd.edu, freebsd-current@freefall.FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Gary Palmer stands accused of saying: > > 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. What can I say? Grab the standalone library stuff from NetBSD, the boot3 code that Bill Paul released last year (I can send you a copy if you like), and make it happen. All it will take is some patience and a little i386 knowledge. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[