Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 12:09:00 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>, jkh@zippy.cdrom.com, dillon@apollo.backplane.com, andreas@klemm.gtn.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't boot from CD and floppy after make release Message-ID: <199901092009.MAA00770@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 09 Jan 1999 14:22:06 %2B0100." <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9901091419420.18584-100000@korin.warman.org.pl>
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> > It's actually not that bad; there's 12k of overhead for the kzip parts, > > which is why I was wondering if you had something more compact... > > > Kzip is certainly a feasible interim solution, but it relies on the > > a.out tool chain which makes it a weak link. > > Not only that - when you kzip the bootloader, you end up having the same > gunzip routines twice: one in the kzip stubs, and the second in the > loader. The word "superfluous" comes to mind... Actually, the routines are somewhat different, and the kzip inflater could be trimmed a little, but the kzip stub isn't going to come under 10k in a hurry. -- \\ 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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