Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 07:29:02 -0500 From: Edwin Culp <eculp@webwizard.org.mx> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Studded <Studded@gorean.org>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Make elf release Message-ID: <3623478E.5D795AEC@webwizard.org.mx> References: <199810130909.RAA29552@spinner.netplex.com.au>
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Peter Wemm wrote: > Studded wrote: > > Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > There's some (understandable) resistance to putting an ELF kernel in > > > 3.0, so the changeover will probably happen a few weeks afterwards. At > > > that stage we'll shift to the new bootloader as well. > > > > I still think getting the pain over now is a good idea. Leaving a major > > change for after the "release" will just postpone by one more quarter > > the time when 3.0 has a chance of being stable. > > Unfortunately, I agree, in part at least. The biggest difficulty in doing > a changeover is upgrading the stage2 bootblocks. If we get the 3.0 CD > installing ELF-capable bootblocks (even if it's a hacked biosboot), then > it's going to make the transition *so* much easier. It's not a question > of flipping a switch, we've got to get the bootblocks upgraded. If we > could get the 3.0 release sysinstall to do this for us it would be a big > win. > > Ideally there should be a choice in sysinstall, and sysinstall could > change them on the fly. If somebody installed a system and the new > bootblocks didn't work, it'd be nice if it was as simple as booting the > floppy and downgrading to the older system. > > IMHO, whether /kernel is a.out or elf is far less of an issue than which > bootblocks we use. > > Cheers, > -Peter > I agree 100%. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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