Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 09:50:05 -0700 From: Mark Peek <mp@FreeBSD.org> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/picobsd/build write_mfs_in_kernel.c Message-ID: <p05111a0db9575adde9d7@[10.1.1.73]> In-Reply-To: <20020714093834.E74633@iguana.icir.org> References: <200207141209.g6EC9XBL099971@freefall.freebsd.org> <p05111a0bb95747d37370@[10.1.1.73]> <20020714093834.E74633@iguana.icir.org>
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At 9:38 AM -0700 7/14/02, Luigi Rizzo wrote:
>i guess that those in need (assuming they exist) will find out and
>complain and possibly we will move this code to a more appropriate
>place. Where, i just have no idea.
Well, I guess you could say that I complained. I'll send a request to
the cvsmeisters for a repo copy to (yet) another location.
>In any case the dd hack is as much of a hack as the one in
>write_mfs_in_kernel.c, and it is not bad at all:
>
> set `strings -at d kernel | grep "MFS Filesystem goes here"`
> mfs_ofs=$(($1 + 8192))
> dd if=${c_fs} ibs=8192 iseek=1 of=kernel obs=${mfs_ofs} \
> oseek=1 conv=notrunc
Well, write_mfs_in_kernel does a bit more error checking to ensure
the user isn't shooting themselves in the foot.
Mark
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