Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 00:05:28 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Takahashi Yoshihiro <nyan@wyvern.cc.kogakuin.ac.jp> Cc: marcel@scc.nl, msmith@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make world is failed on pc98 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912182336160.4209-100000@alphplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <19991212221111Q.nyan@dd.catv.ne.jp>
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On Sun, 12 Dec 1999, Takahashi Yoshihiro wrote: > The 'loader' program is only transplanted for pc98. The boot2 > (sys/boot/pc98/boot2) is the mostly same as the old biosboot > (sys/pc98/boot/biosboot) . > > > boot2 is already capable of loading ELF, right? > > No. I use a modified version of biosboot which is capable of loading ELF. biosboot has many improvements on i386/boot2. E.g., its C source files actually have comments apart from copyrights. > > Isn't it therefore enough to just compile boot2 as ELF? > > No. > > > In other words, what are the problems? > > We need to transplant the new boot2 (sys/boot/i386/boot2) to pc98 to > compile as ELF. I think you only need to compile it to ELF and maybe use btxld instead of dd to strip the headers. It can then load `loader'. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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