Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 18:28:24 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Mark Peek <mp@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/picobsd/build write_mfs_in_kernel.c Message-ID: <20020716012824.18C253811@overcee.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <p05111a0bb95747d37370@[10.1.1.73]>
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Mark Peek wrote:
> At 5:09 AM -0700 7/14/02, Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> >luigi 2002/07/14 05:09:33 PDT
> >
> > Removed files:
> > release/picobsd/build write_mfs_in_kernel.c
> > Log:
> > Not needed anymore.
> >
> > Revision Changes Path
> > 1.11 +0 -114 src/release/picobsd/build/write_mfs_in_kernel.c (dea
d)
>
>
> This should be "Not needed anymore by picobsd". Back in March there
> was discussion about having 2 copies of this in the system, 1 in
> src/release and the other in src/release/picobsd/build. John Baldwin
> removed it from src/release saying it was no longer needed for
> releases. Now, it is being removed completely from the system since
> picobsd no longer uses it.
>
> Is there a replacement way to embed a memory filesystem into the
> kernel? (Besides the dd hack that picobsd is using). Are consumers of
> this, like the PowerPC porting effort, still needing this
> functionality? Will future ports want this? I don't believe it should
> be totally removed from the system. Hooking it into usr.sbin would be
> more appropriate. I'm hesitant to move it to tools or ports due to
> fears of bitrot.
Yes, it is far far better to use objcopy --add-section, and then use
&__start_<section> and &__stop_<section> symbols to find where it ended up.
Cheers,
-Peter
--
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