From owner-freebsd-current Sat Apr 25 02:19:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA01511 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 25 Apr 1998 02:19:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nlsystems.com (nlsys.demon.co.uk [158.152.125.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA01489 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 1998 02:19:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Received: from herring.nlsystems.com (herring.nlsystems.com [10.0.0.2]) by nlsystems.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA10179; Sat, 25 Apr 1998 10:19:18 +0100 (BST) Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 10:19:18 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson To: Mike Smith cc: Chris Csanady , Peter Wemm , John-Mark Gurney , Terry Lambert , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ELF kernels: When? In-Reply-To: <199804242153.OAA01666@dingo.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > >> 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. Sounds like we need src/contrib/netbsd. No, no, stop hitting me! -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message