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Date:      Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:32:31 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 locore.s
Message-ID:  <20030730073231.GB37041@sunbay.com>
In-Reply-To: <200307292157.h6TLv1VE066076@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200307292157.h6TLv1VE066076@repoman.freebsd.org>

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On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 02:57:01PM -0700, Bruce Evans wrote:
> bde         2003/07/29 14:57:01 PDT
>=20
>   FreeBSD src repository
>=20
>   Modified files:
>     sys/i386/i386        locore.s=20
>   Log:
>   Restored clearing of the bss, except for putting it in a correct place
>   with up to date comments.  This fixes booting kernels with boot2
>   (except for loss of the features provided by loader) and is suitable
>   for MFC.  Contrary to the old comments, most loaders don't clear the bs=
s.
>   biosboot lost clearing of the bss in a code crunch in 1997, and boot2
>   never did it.
>  =20
To make it crystal clear, it does mean that we can (once again) boot
kernels without loader(8) on i386, correct?


Cheers,
--=20
Ruslan Ermilov		Sysadmin and DBA,
ru@sunbay.com		Sunbay Software Ltd,
ru@FreeBSD.org		FreeBSD committer

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