Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 10:03:57 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Joseph Koshy <jkoshy@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: Michael Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, committers@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/alpha/common gensetdefs.c src/sys/boot/common gensetdefs.c interp_parse.c load_aout.c panic.c src/sys/boot/i386 Makefile src/sys/boot/i386/btx Makefile src/sys/boot/i386/btx/btx Makefile src/sys/boot/i386/btx/btxldr Makefile ... Message-ID: <199809181703.KAA00763@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 17 Sep 1998 20:14:25 PDT." <199809180314.UAA16419@hub.freebsd.org>
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> > Log: > > Initial integration of the i386 bootloader and BTX. > > > > - Discard large amounts of BIOS-related code in favour of the more compact > > BTX vm86 interface. > > Will this work on 386 machines? No, it's part of my port of FreeBSD to the 80286. I have a massively parallel cluster I built from a dumpster full of old AT motherboards. My plan is to enter all the current crypto-breaking competitions and prove for once and for all that we should have stayed with 64k segments, even in protected mode. I'm hoping to solicit funding from Sandia or perhaps NASA to expand the cluster into the vacant lot out the back, but I have to compete with a local property developer to get the land. (Note for the chronically humourless: yes) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com
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