Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 08:28:03 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile Message-ID: <21470.1006241283@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 19 Nov 2001 13:28:17 PST." <XFMail.011119132817.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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In message <XFMail.011119132817.jhb@FreeBSD.org>, John Baldwin writes: > >On 19-Nov-01 John Baldwin wrote: >> jhb 2001/11/19 13:27:00 PST >> >> Modified files: >> release Makefile >> Log: >> Split the mfsroot out from the kernel for the 2.88 boot floppy and the >> Alpha CD. This makes it easier to customize ISO's locally by being able >> to replace either the mfsroot or the kernel w/o having to do both. It also >> allows us to switch to using the full GENERIC kernel when booting from CD >> on the Alpha and on x86 when using cdboot. We don't do this yet, however. >> >> Tested on: x86, alpha > >This doesn't kill write_mfs_in_kernel, but it is now no longer used. The only >user of it now is picoBSD. It should probably move to /usr/bin or something >out of src/release however. Or perhaps under src/release/picobsd. I think we should phase it out entirely. With the bootloader and md(4) we have a much stronger facility which amongst other things support gzipping of the individual files etc. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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