From owner-cvs-all Tue Dec 17 18: 0: 2 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC1FB37B401; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 18:00:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailman.zeta.org.au (mailman.zeta.org.au [203.26.10.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D01D43EB2; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 18:00:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bde@zeta.org.au) Received: from katana.zip.com.au (katana.zip.com.au [61.8.7.246]) by mailman.zeta.org.au (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA21920; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 12:59:52 +1100 Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 13:00:55 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans X-X-Sender: bde@gamplex.bde.org To: David Schultz Cc: Warner Losh , , Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/boot2 Makefile boot2.c In-Reply-To: <20021217231213.GB44717@HAL9000.homeunix.com> Message-ID: <20021218125721.Q22938-100000@gamplex.bde.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, David Schultz wrote: > Thus spake Warner Losh : > > 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