Date: 14 Oct 1998 01:35:32 +0200 From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Studded <Studded@gorean.org>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Edwin Culp <eculp@webwizard.org.mx>, FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ELF kernels (was: Make elf release) Message-ID: <xzpk924nigr.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Greg Lehey's message of "Wed, 14 Oct 1998 07:53:10 %2B0930" References: <3622D416.E2E627AC@gorean.org> <199810130909.RAA29552@spinner.netplex.com.au> <19981014075310.V21983@freebie.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> writes: > On Tuesday, 13 October 1998 at 17:09:30 +0800, Peter Wemm wrote: > > IMHO, whether /kernel is a.out or elf is far less of an issue than which > > bootblocks we use. > I'm not sure whether you're talking about the same issue that Doug > (Studded) is. I think moving to an ELF kernel 2 days before code > freeze would be a disaster. ...but switching to Elf-aware boot blocks would not affect the kernel, and would make a later transition to an Elf kernel less painful for those who install 3.0-RELEASE from scratch. I think this is what Peter meant. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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