Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 07:20:37 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Mikael Karpberg <karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se> Cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bootstrap syntax (was Re: HEADS UP! (was: cvs commit: src/sys/sys reboot.h src/sys/i386/i386 autoconf.c) ) Message-ID: <199803121520.HAA27524@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 12 Mar 1998 15:49:42 %2B0100." <199803121449.PAA17427@ocean.campus.luth.se>
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> According to Mike Smith: > > The bootstrap needs to be taught how to parse the slice number, perhaps > > in an extended syntax such as xd(unit,slice,part)kernel although it > > would make more sense to me to switch to eg. sd0s1a:/kernel. > > That would be most welcome. Then it would be possible, even easy, > to remember it, and way more logical from a user perspective, at least. At least it would share something in common with other similar namings, just as the current scheme shares something with a number of now-extinct historical namings. > > (This isn't going to happen in the short term though; too much > > backwards-compatability grief.) > > Hmm... > Isn't this something which is purely userinterface? And if not, why not? It would bite: - people with old boot.config files - people with old boot.help files - people that expected the old syntax to work The support issues this would raise would be enormous. -- \\ 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
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