Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 14:23:13 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/alpha dokern.sh drivers.conf Message-ID: <XFMail.20030521142313.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030521172120.GA81292@sunbay.com>
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On 21-May-2003 Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 10:36:24AM -0600, Scott Long wrote: >> Ruslan Ermilov wrote: >> >On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 08:28:05AM -0300, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: >> > >> >>And I can't say I'm happy to discover I'm >> >>wrong, since my plans call for an increase of 40Kb on i386 for the >> >>loader on i386 (rather more on 64 bits archs). I counted on not being >> >>encumbered by floppy's loader. >> >> >> > >> >FWIW, recompiling loader without FICL, saved me 100K on the kern.flp >> >for Alpha! The patch that does this isn't ready for committing yet, >> >but I will make sure to polish it to the required shape. >> > >> >> I have plans for FICL and boot media. I'd rather not reduce the >> functionality of the loader, and instead do easy things like compress >> the .ko files like has been suggested before. >> > Whatever. Here's a working patch that recompiles boot loaders > without FICL for the purposes of boot floppies. I think we can hold off on this change for now since things are fitting again. I don't think it is wise to blow off people's concerns about more advanced uses of the loader on the boot floppy. > I'm real sorry, but that well-known change that split release.9 > into release.9 and release.9.alpha now gets in the way, so its > reversion is also included in the patch. Be patient and less whiny about that please. Beating that dead horse only serves to make things worse. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/
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