From owner-freebsd-current Fri Apr 24 15:01:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA10018 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 15:01:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA10008 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 15:01:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA01666; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 14:53:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199804242153.OAA01666@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Doug Rabson cc: Chris Csanady , Peter Wemm , John-Mark Gurney , Terry Lambert , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ELF kernels: When? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 22 Apr 1998 22:30:33 BST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 14:53:21 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >> So, does anyone know enough about bootblocks to look at integrating NetBSD's? >> They have done a significant amount of work in this area it seems, and they >> already have a two-stage design. Trying to squeeze every last bit out of >> the current blocks seems futile.. > > I looked at them once about a year ago. They ought to work without too > much trouble. The major issues are build-related; the NetBSD bootblocks have a ringworm-like grip on the rest of the kernel source tree which has resisted the last couple of efforts I've put into separating them. > > Are there any arguments against doing this? > > Whats the license on the NetBSD boot code? I haven't seen anything in there other than the BSD license. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message