From owner-freebsd-current Sat Nov 21 01:29:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA26254 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 01:29:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles343.castles.com [208.214.167.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA26249 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 1998 01:29:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA00400; Fri, 20 Nov 1998 21:16:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811210516.VAA00400@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Robert Nordier cc: gallatin@cs.duke.edu (Andrew Gallatin), freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, adrian@ubergeeks.com Subject: Re: /boot/loader & comconsole In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 19 Nov 1998 11:02:00 +0200." <199811190902.LAA03790@ceia.nordier.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 21:16:47 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Thanks for the feedback, and let us know how you go. If necessary, I > can do some patches to get boot loader using the boot blocks serial > routines, which may be a good idea anyway. I've discussed this off and on with a couple of people, and I agree that the various boot stages should use the same methods to talk to the serial port. Given that the low-level model is easier to use (not to mention probably more compact) I'm all in favour of it. -- \\ 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