Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 21:38:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New bootstrap now available for general testing. Message-ID: <199808210438.VAA11797@bubba.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199808202029.UAA03923@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Aug 20, 98 08:29:23 pm"
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Mike Smith writes: > I'm pleased to announce that the new (three-stage) bootstrap code is > now available for general testing. Please note the caveats in the > commit message below. > > Major changes are slated for the i386 code, including: > > - net device additions > - PnP/PCI BIOS probes > - a new crt0 module borrowing from "DOS extender" technology > > General major changes planned: > > - full merge of disk- and net- bootstraps > - move of the image activators from MD to MI code > - PnP-based peripheral detection > - module dependancy determination and autoloading > > Contributions, fixes, criticisms are all warmly solicited. How about congratulations! :-) This stuff has been wanting for a long time... -Archie ___________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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