From owner-freebsd-current Tue Oct 13 18:37:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA12057 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 18:37:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA12050 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 18:37:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA25876; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 11:06:30 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id LAA28192; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 11:06:24 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19981014110624.Y21983@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 11:06:24 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_C=2E_Sm=F8rgrav_?= Cc: Peter Wemm , Studded , Mike Smith , Edwin Culp , FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ELF kernels (was: Make elf release) References: <3622D416.E2E627AC@gorean.org> <199810130909.RAA29552@spinner.netplex.com.au> <19981014075310.V21983@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=3Cxzpk924nigr=2Efsf=40hrotti=2Eifi=2Euio=2Eno=3E=3B_from?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?_Dag-Erling_C=2E_Sm=F8rgrav__on_Wed=2C_Oct_14=2C_1998_at_?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?01:35:32AM_+0200?= WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wednesday, 14 October 1998 at 1:35:32 +0200, Dag-Erling C. Smørgrav wrote: > Greg Lehey writes: >> On Tuesday, 13 October 1998 at 17:09:30 +0800, Peter Wemm wrote: >>> IMHO, whether /kernel is a.out or elf is far less of an issue than which >>> bootblocks we use. >> I'm not sure whether you're talking about the same issue that Doug >> (Studded) is. I think moving to an ELF kernel 2 days before code >> freeze would be a disaster. > > ...but switching to Elf-aware boot blocks would not affect the kernel, > and would make a later transition to an Elf kernel less painful for > those who install 3.0-RELEASE from scratch. I think this is what Peter > meant. Yes, I agree, I think that's what Peter meant. I don't think it's what Doug meant. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message