Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 13:37:07 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf Makefile.i386 Message-ID: <199901072037.NAA22536@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.990107114947.3875C-100000@current1.whistle.com> References: <199901070652.WAA07084@freefall.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.3.95.990107114947.3875C-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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> I strongly believe that the elf kernel should have a different name.. > e.g. /FreeBSD *sigh* > this will ensure that only new bootblocks will find it and old bootblocks > will find the old kernel lying about. > this may save some people some grief. The bootblocks are fully capable of figuring out what kind of kernel it is by looking at the magic # at the front of the kernel. Changing the kernel name is silly, and there is no technical reason to do so. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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