Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 03:38:00 -0500 From: Wankle Rotary Engine <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Don't say I didn't warn you Message-ID: <199501200838.DAA02262@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>
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Be advised that I just committed the 'serial console' changes to the
boot blocks (and the sio driver), so if anyone has trouble booting that
makes me the guy to blame. Some quick notes:
- 'options COMCONSOLE' still works, for those who need it. Joerg made a
good argument for keeping it, and in UNIX old functionality never dies
anyway: it just isn't documented as well as it once was.
- The final byte count for the second stage loader: 6864. This is smaller
that the existing one. I decided to stick with the assembler serial
port code even after seeing Bruce's C version. With the C code, the new
boot block is (if I remember right) exactly the same size as the
current one.
- I put #ifdefs around the code that depends on (addr < ouraddr) and left
those bits turned off. In normal operation they don't do any good, and
any one who wants then can #define them back in again.
For my next trick, I'm going to figure out why the kernel panics in
putc() if you enable getty on /dev/console, log in on /dev/console,
and run the X server. ("What do you *mean* there aren't any cblocks
reserved?!") Bah.
-Bill
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