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Date:      Fri, 26 Mar 2004 22:36:41 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org>
Cc:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/boot0 boot0ext.s src/sys/boot/i386/boot0ext Makefile
Message-ID:  <20040327063641.GA85117@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <4064ED3E.4000407@freebsd.org>
References:  <200403261846.i2QIkVuT063179@repoman.freebsd.org> <200403261706.46836.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20040326223518.GA78950@dragon.nuxi.com> <4064ED3E.4000407@freebsd.org>

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On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 07:55:58PM -0700, Scott Long wrote:
> >>> Added files:
> >>>   sys/boot/i386/boot0  boot0ext.s
> >>>   sys/boot/i386/boot0ext Makefile
> >>> Log:
> >>> Bring back jhb's two sector (1024 bytes) 'boot0' [rev 1.22] as
> >>>'boot0ext'.
> >>
> >>This has a bug that I've fixed in a p4 branch.  You could have found that 
> >>out if you had asked me first.
> >
> >I plan to commit what you have from p4.  But I wanted this to be an
> >exact copy of rev 1.22, so that if we can agree to go with the 2-sector
> >boot0 for 6.0, it would be easier to see the changes.
> >
> >Please feel free to commit what you have in perforce, since it will be a
> >little bit until I can.
> 
> Since you seem to be concerned about preserving history, could bringing
> this file back have been done as a repo-copy?

Not as you might expect.  I expect for 6.0, that 'boot0.s' will be the
2-sector one.  Thus there will a diversion fork, I can't think of a way
around it.  But I'm trying to make it as easy to follow as possible.
 
-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)



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