Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 13:00:55 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/boot2 Makefile boot2.c Message-ID: <20021218125721.Q22938-100000@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20021217231213.GB44717@HAL9000.homeunix.com>
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On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, David Schultz wrote: > Thus spake Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.ORG>: > > imp 2002/12/17 13:10:35 PST > > > > Modified files: > > sys/boot/i386/boot2 Makefile boot2.c > > Log: > > Make both UFS1 and UFS2 fit on the same boot blocks. These are a > > subset of Peter's patchs that are believed to be safe. > [...] > > o inline memsize > > The memsize code can probably go away entirely. The extended > memory size is determined at several points during the boot > process, and then ignored by the kernel. It is needed to boot old kernel. The kernel part of the base memory size detection is still poorly implemented. I doubt that int 0x12 is actually broken. The kernel just didn't seem to set up vm86 properly before using it. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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