Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 05:17:56 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@dk.tfs.com> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu>, FreeBSD current <freebsd-current@freefall.FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: core group topics Message-ID: <199707311217.FAA28904@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 31 Jul 1997 14:10:27 %2B0200." <244.870351027@critter.dk.tfs.com>
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>In message <199707311142.EAA28471@implode.root.com>, David Greenman writes: > >>>Are we getting the kernel & userland mixed up here ? I belive there >>>is strong agreement for ELF for the kernel... >> >> There is? I don't recall discussing that at all, and if we do eventually go >>the ELF way, I think the kernel would be one of the last areas we'd want to >>convert since it further complicates our cramped bootblocks. > >Have you looked at multiboot/GRUB from Eric Boleyn (sp?) yet ? No, but I am somewhat familiar with it. If we want to use it without GPL restrictions, we have to remove the ELF support (since it is GPL'd) - a.out support isn't encumbered (or at least Erich was willing to change the copyright terms so that it is not). -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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