Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:09:30 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Studded <Studded@gorean.org> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Edwin Culp <eculp@webwizard.org.mx>, FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Make elf release Message-ID: <199810130909.RAA29552@spinner.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 12 Oct 1998 21:16:22 MST." <3622D416.E2E627AC@gorean.org>
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Studded wrote: > Mike Smith wrote: > > > There's some (understandable) resistance to putting an ELF kernel in > > 3.0, so the changeover will probably happen a few weeks afterwards. At > > that stage we'll shift to the new bootloader as well. > > I still think getting the pain over now is a good idea. Leaving a major > change for after the "release" will just postpone by one more quarter > the time when 3.0 has a chance of being stable. Unfortunately, I agree, in part at least. The biggest difficulty in doing a changeover is upgrading the stage2 bootblocks. If we get the 3.0 CD installing ELF-capable bootblocks (even if it's a hacked biosboot), then it's going to make the transition *so* much easier. It's not a question of flipping a switch, we've got to get the bootblocks upgraded. If we could get the 3.0 release sysinstall to do this for us it would be a big win. Ideally there should be a choice in sysinstall, and sysinstall could change them on the fly. If somebody installed a system and the new bootblocks didn't work, it'd be nice if it was as simple as booting the floppy and downgrading to the older system. IMHO, whether /kernel is a.out or elf is far less of an issue than which bootblocks we use. Cheers, -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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