Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 14:10:27 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@dk.tfs.com> To: dg@root.com Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@dk.tfs.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu>, FreeBSD current <freebsd-current@freefall.FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: core group topics Message-ID: <244.870351027@critter.dk.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 31 Jul 1997 04:42:32 PDT." <199707311142.EAA28471@implode.root.com>
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In message <199707311142.EAA28471@implode.root.com>, David Greenman writes: >>Are we getting the kernel & userland mixed up here ? I belive there >>is strong agreement for ELF for the kernel... > > There is? I don't recall discussing that at all, and if we do eventually go >the ELF way, I think the kernel would be one of the last areas we'd want to >convert since it further complicates our cramped bootblocks. Have you looked at multiboot/GRUB from Eric Boleyn (sp?) yet ? > The only issue I have against ELF is that I'm concerned that the overhead >for processing the much more sophisticated header at exec time might have a >serious impact on exec performance (something I'm particularly sensitive to >since I wrote the a.out exec code for FreeBSD). Well, I belive a.out will still be an option or how ? -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Power and ignorance is a disgusting cocktail.
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