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Date:      Thu, 16 Dec 1999 11:29:54 +0100
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        alpha@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: What is special about /sys/boot/common/gensetdefs.c
Message-ID:  <3858BF22.AD6A5B65@scc.nl>
References:  <199912152227.OAA01526@mass.cdrom.com>

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Mike Smith wrote:
> 
> The i386 loader, at least, uses a completely different technique for
> generating linker sets from the kernel.  I'm not sure that it's
> applicable to the kernel/KLDs, but it doesn't require the gensetdefs crap
> at all.  The alpha code should probably be using it as well.

Either that or /usr/bin/gensetdefs. I go with /usr/bin/gensetdefs,
because that leads me to cross-building much faster. I already
cross-built Alpha on i386 at home (no kernel), so it's basicly just a
matter of reviewing and committing...

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