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Date:      14 Oct 1998 01:35:32 +0200
From:      dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= )
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Studded <Studded@gorean.org>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Edwin Culp <eculp@webwizard.org.mx>, FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ELF kernels (was: Make elf release)
Message-ID:  <xzpk924nigr.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Greg Lehey's message of "Wed, 14 Oct 1998 07:53:10 %2B0930"
References:  <3622D416.E2E627AC@gorean.org> <199810130909.RAA29552@spinner.netplex.com.au> <19981014075310.V21983@freebie.lemis.com>

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Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> writes:
> On Tuesday, 13 October 1998 at 17:09:30 +0800, Peter Wemm wrote:
> > IMHO, whether /kernel is a.out or elf is far less of an issue than which
> > bootblocks we use.
> I'm not sure whether you're talking about the same issue that Doug
> (Studded) is.  I think moving to an ELF kernel 2 days before code
> freeze would be a disaster.

...but switching to Elf-aware boot blocks would not affect the kernel,
and would make a later transition to an Elf kernel less painful for
those who install 3.0-RELEASE from scratch. I think this is what Peter
meant.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no

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