Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:40:10 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/efi/loader Makefile src/sys/boot/ia64/skiload Makefile Message-ID: <20040213214010.GA96887@ns1.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <1076696058.4735.4.camel@builder02.qubesoft.com> References: <200402130445.i1D4jfXa006380@repoman.freebsd.org> <1076665027.76557.11.camel@herring.nlsystems.com> <20040213175306.GB95973@ns1.xcllnt.net> <1076696058.4735.4.camel@builder02.qubesoft.com>
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On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 06:14:18PM +0000, Doug Rabson wrote: > > > I believe it was there from when I was tring to debug the inital loader > > > port. > > > > Yes. What's your point? > > > > > The debug flags for skiload were there for my script which loaded > > > the kernel and set a ski breakpoint at '__start' - it set breakpoints > > > inside skiload so that it could swap symbol tables after the kernel was > > > loaded. > > > > The script still works. All you need is an unstripped loader. You > > don't need debug information for that. > > I thought that ru@ had asked why things were done this way - I was > trying to explain. Ah, ok. I interpreted it as an expression of disapproval WRT my commit because you didn't reply to the commit made by ru@ or directly reply to his question. So, euh... yes :-) -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net
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