Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 09:52:05 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Boris Popov <bp@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/alpha/common conf.c src/sys/boot/alpha/libalpha bootinfo.c elf_freebsd.c src/sys/boot/arc/lib bootinfo.c elf_freebsd.c src/sys/boot/arc/loader conf.c src/sys/boot/common boot.c bootstrap.h load_aout.c load_elf.c module.c pnp.c ... Message-ID: <20000512095205.C11104@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005120712590.58477-100000@lion.butya.kz> References: <20000511150131.A8210@dragon.nuxi.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005120712590.58477-100000@lion.butya.kz>
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On Friday, 12 May 2000 at 7:18:13 +0700, Boris Popov wrote: > On Thu, 11 May 2000, David O'Brien wrote: > >> On Mon, May 01, 2000 at 10:41:26AM -0700, Boris Popov wrote: >>> Modified files: >>> sys/boot/alpha/common conf.c >>> sys/boot/alpha/libalpha bootinfo.c elf_freebsd.c >>> sys/boot/arc/lib bootinfo.c elf_freebsd.c >>> sys/boot/arc/loader conf.c >>> sys/boot/common boot.c bootstrap.h load_aout.c load_elf.c >>> module.c pnp.c >>> sys/boot/i386/libi386 aout_freebsd.c bootinfo.c elf_freebsd.c >>> sys/boot/i386/loader conf.c >>> Log: >>> Update loader logic to distinguish modules vs. files. >>> Add support for module metadata. The old way of dependancy >>> handling will be supported for a while. >> >> This needs to be backed out or fixed. It broke the Alpha loader. >> Us Alpha users have suffered from it for 10 days now. I lost a *lot* of >> time due to this. It is also keeping me from providing JKH with an Alpha >> snapshot for the FTP site. >> >> *** >> *** If this commit cannot be fixed with in 1.5 days, I'll ask >> *** cvs-committers to allow me to back it out. >> *** > > Nobody let me know about it until yesterday. So, time probably is > not the issue. The way I understood the message, it took him that long to work out what was going on. I think that if you can't boot a machine, time is very much one of the issues. Certainly the last paragraph should give you that impression. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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