Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 19:07:30 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Jake Burkholder <jake@locore.ca> Cc: sparc64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Floppyless release build of sparc64 Message-ID: <20030723160730.GA17720@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <20030723155758.GA372@locore.ca> References: <200307230553.h6N5rrpN058773@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030723061643.GC45101@sunbay.com> <20030723155758.GA372@locore.ca>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 11:57:58AM -0400, Jake Burkholder wrote: > Apparently, On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 09:16:43AM +0300, > Ruslan Ermilov said words to the effect of; > > > A similar change would be in order for sparc64. Patch is > > attached, please review. The net effect is that we save > > huge CPU times in release.9 and do not create the useless > > boot.flp floppy image (the sparc64/mkisoimages.sh script > > doesn't need it). > > boot.flp is actually useful on sparc64 because you can dd it to a disk > from solaris and then boot off it to install. I'm happy with having > the option of not building it if it saves time but please make it an > option. > OK, then things will be left as is. There's already an option for this; it's called NO_FLOPPIES (documented in the release(7) manpage). Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software Ltd, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/HrLCUkv4P6juNwoRAq8oAJ9PhBzNnFcrYKOXrydBY7+E7zvgRgCeJPgv iS+0Rz21NDRaRfPYqfPe5zs= =SI0i -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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