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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/forth loader.4th
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David O'Brien wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 12:18:19AM -0700, Peter Wemm wrote:
> >   FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.8
> >   (root@outback.netplex.com.au, Tue Jun 13 23:26:49 PDT 2000)
> 
> We are not Linux.  After using the loader in FreeBSD releases, can we
> have revision 1.0?

Mike first asked me to dump the present loader versioning system back
when 3.x was current. I never found the time to sit down and figure out
how to do it right, though.

Besically, we want to get rid of
src/sys/boot/{alpha,i386}/loader/version, and replace that with a simple
#define. I'd suggest src/sys/boot/common/bootstrap.h as destination, as
I loath (sp?) the idea of having overall loader functionality be
machine-dependent, but... <shrug>

We also want it to be something more like __FreeBSD_version,
number-wise.

While doing the above is straight-forward, I do not know how the present
version stuff is processed/linked.

Lame excuse, but... <shrug>

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