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Date:      Wed, 25 May 2011 13:34:41 +0200
From:      rank1seeker@gmail.com
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Linking STAGE 2 boot, directly to the kernel (skipping loader)
Message-ID:  <20110525.113441.625.1@DEV>

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After I do it via /boot.config, it fails, with an error: "Invalid format", =
in cases when:=0D=0A=0D=0Aa) kernel is gzip-ed=0D=0Ab) kernel has =
statically compiled md root, which was gzip-ed, before being embedded =
into kernel=0D=0Ac) kernel has statically compiled md root, which was =
uzip-ed, before being embedded into kernel=0D=0Ad) kernel has statically =
compiled md root, which wasn't compress-ed, before being embedded into =
kernel=0D=0A=0D=0AIt works, only with regular kernel.=0D=0A=0D=0AIs this =
a bug or what?=0D=0AI suspect size of a kernel, confuses STAGE 2 boot, in =
non-a) cases.=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0ADomagoj Smol=E8i=E6



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