Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 11:16:29 +0100 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> To: Takahashi Yoshihiro <nyan@wyvern.cc.kogakuin.ac.jp> Cc: msmith@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make world is failed on pc98 Message-ID: <385375FD.4DC0EFF7@scc.nl> References: <19991211230552P.nyan@dd.catv.ne.jp> <38526700.70C5CBF@scc.nl> <199912120121.RAA00570@mass.cdrom.com> <19991212131847U.nyan@dd.catv.ne.jp>
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Takahashi Yoshihiro wrote: > > > BTW: Is there a special reason to have boot2 in aout? > > Because nobody transplant from the i386 boot2 :-). > FreeBSD(98) porting team is always suffering from a shortage of > workers. > > In article <199912120121.RAA00570@mass.cdrom.com> > Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> writes: > > > Only in the longer term, I think. How hard would it be to port the 'new' > > i386 boot2? > > There are few people who are knowledgeable about pc98 boot sequence. > And that we all have our regular work. So, it is very difficult to > port the i386 boot2 to pc98. Please correct me if I'm wrong while I'm drawing the picture: Since pc98 only has a specialized boot2 and thus shares boot0 and boot1 with other architectures, it can be assumed that an ELF boot2 doesn't need any special hacking in boot0 and/or boot1, right? boot2 is already capable of loading ELF, right? Isn't it therefore enough to just compile boot2 as ELF? In other words, what are the problems? -- Marcel Moolenaar mailto:marcel@scc.nl SCC Internetworking & Databases http://www.scc.nl/ The FreeBSD project mailto:marcel@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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