From owner-cvs-sys Tue Apr 22 07:06:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA16338 for cvs-sys-outgoing; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 07:06:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from austin.polstra.com (austin.polstra.com [206.213.73.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA16332; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 07:06:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from austin.polstra.com (jdp@localhost) by austin.polstra.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA03865; Tue, 22 Apr 1997 07:04:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199704221404.HAA03865@austin.polstra.com> To: Michael Smith cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org, CVS-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-sys@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf Makefile.i386 src/sys/i386/i386 setdef0.c setdef1.c setdefs.h identcpu.c locore.s machdep.c sw In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 22 Apr 1997 19:40:40 +0930." <199704221010.TAA15185@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> References: <199704221010.TAA15185@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 07:04:11 -0700 From: John Polstra Sender: owner-cvs-sys@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Having said that, if your kernel Registry stuff can be bopped from > userland (I seem to recall that it can), then it'd be as good a > bandaid as any. I wanted to raise this when I was ready (it's a > precursor for _lots_ of things that were raised in the -config > discussions months back), but this may be the time to start talking > again. > > > shit, not exactly what I wanted to play with now... > > Timing sucks. 8( Reread the commit message, please. What I did _isn't_ used for the a.out kernel. It doesn't break anything. The issues are longer term than that. Anyway, I think the timing was pretty good. Everybody expects current to be broken these days. ;-) -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth