From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 10 02:20:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id CAA25375 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jul 1996 02:20:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.tfs.com ([140.145.230.252]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA25367; Wed, 10 Jul 1996 02:20:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.tfs.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA00590; Wed, 10 Jul 1996 11:20:12 +0200 (MET DST) To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Mark Powell , obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RARP and bootparamd per NetBSD [was Re: Root filesystem on NFS, Linux style ???] In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 10 Jul 1996 01:54:15 PDT." <2624.836988855@time.cdrom.com> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 11:20:12 +0200 Message-ID: <588.836990412@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I must have missed the original email, I don't recall the subject. patches are most welcome of course. Poul-Henning In message <2624.836988855@time.cdrom.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" writes: >> Thus it's just the ability to fill-out it's own nfs_diskless struct that >> FreeBSD lacks. >> Anyone know who to chat with regarding getting this put in the kernel? > >Well, there are probably at least 3 people who could do this, Martin >Renters, Poul-Henning Kamp and Garrett Wollman being names which most >quickly come to mind, but whether or not one of them actually finds >the time or inclination to do this after reading your posting to >-hackers is another thing. To far better your odds, I'd suggest >culling out the changes from NetBSD and submitting them as context >diffs relative to the appropriate files in FreeBSD-current. You can >submit them with send-pr (most recommended) or you can send them in an >email to committers@freebsd.org and plead for a reviewer. :-) > > Jordan -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.