Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 01:07:06 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/alpha/libalpha bootinfo.c src/sys/boot/common boot.c bootstrap.h src/sys/boot/i386/libi386 bootinfo.c Message-ID: <199907230807.BAA00599@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 23 Jul 1999 05:31:47 %2B0900." <37977FB3.E70B23BE@newsguy.com>
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> Mike Smith wrote: > > > > This should be taken as encouragement for some aspiring kernel > > enthusiast to fix vfs_conf.c:vfs_mountroot to use the new format, and > > slate all of the guessing junk in autoconf.c, etc. This new format is > > also amenable to RB_ASKNAME (although that'd be better done by the > > loader, TBH). > > Should vfs.root.mountfrom be added to loader.conf? Actually, *when* > is that variable set? Before running loader.rc, or immediatly prior > to boot? Mmmmm... since we would like to change rootdev, I guess the > later, right? MMmmm... maybe I should just go read the code... Not until some aspiring hacker fixes the kernel side so that it actually does something useful. There's still a little fancy work involved there. -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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