Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 11:06:24 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_C=2E_Sm=F8rgrav_?= <dag-erli@ifi.uio.no> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Studded <Studded@gorean.org>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Edwin Culp <eculp@webwizard.org.mx>, FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ELF kernels (was: Make elf release) Message-ID: <19981014110624.Y21983@freebie.lemis.com> 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_%2B0200?= References: <3622D416.E2E627AC@gorean.org> <199810130909.RAA29552@spinner.netplex.com.au> <19981014075310.V21983@freebie.lemis.com> <xzpk924nigr.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no>
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On Wednesday, 14 October 1998 at 1:35:32 +0200, Dag-Erling C. Smørgrav wrote: > Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> 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
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