From owner-cvs-all Fri Feb 13 15:50:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA06999 for cvs-all-outgoing; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 15:50:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA06147; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 15:48:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA05244; Fri, 13 Feb 1998 15:46:14 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802132346.PAA05244@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Julian Elischer cc: Mike Smith , "Justin T. Gibbs" , Paul Traina , core@FreeBSD.ORG, junichi@jp.freebsd.org, committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wfd block major number reassignment from 24 to 1 In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 13 Feb 1998 15:19:12 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 15:46:13 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > you make some good points.. > I reverse my position.. > but think that the 3rd stage loader needs to > be really designed ths time :) If you have a look at the NetBSD bootloader, I believe that it meets these criteria, modulo a few issues that I would be happy to discuss. They have certainly addressed just about everything that I recall us ever having discussed as an issue, and a number that hadn't occurred to me. It also has the significant advantage that it's already implemented. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message