From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 30 00:32:39 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E937137B401; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 00:32:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from whale.sunbay.crimea.ua (whale.sunbay.crimea.ua [212.110.138.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EEC243F3F; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 00:32:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ru@sunbay.com) Received: from whale.sunbay.crimea.ua (ru@localhost [127.0.0.1]) h6U7WV0U041939 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:32:32 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from ru@sunbay.com) Received: (from ru@localhost) by whale.sunbay.crimea.ua (8.12.9/8.12.8/Submit) id h6U7WVlo041934; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:32:31 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from ru) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:32:31 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov To: Bruce Evans Message-ID: <20030730073231.GB37041@sunbay.com> References: <200307292157.h6TLv1VE066076@repoman.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="WYTEVAkct0FjGQmd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200307292157.h6TLv1VE066076@repoman.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 locore.s X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 07:32:39 -0000 --WYTEVAkct0FjGQmd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --WYTEVAkct0FjGQmd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/J3SPUkv4P6juNwoRAlvxAJ4qTO4HTgnZrKCqPZpDODHsVktzkACfVVIL Sn7SK8kLMbqrBxrxq171zCM= =nNLH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --WYTEVAkct0FjGQmd--