Date: Sat, 28 Dec 1996 13:28:57 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: julian@whistle.com (Julian Elischer) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hans@brandinnovators.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bootloader & memory test... Message-ID: <199612280258.NAA00491@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <32C4161E.41C67EA6@whistle.com> from Julian Elischer at "Dec 27, 96 10:31:58 am"
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Julian Elischer stands accused of saying: > > The FreeBSD botblocks set themselves to be in a flat 32bit address > space as well. They do use up more of the bottom 640K, > (but you can control where they put themselves in ram at compile time) > > so it should be possible to add the function into one of the > .s files I thought the bootblocks were fill'd to overflowing? Still, the bootblock in question is full of 'bde' comments. Is there a bootloader _anywhere_ in the free Unix world that Bruce _hasn't_ been involved in? 8) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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