From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 13 21:02:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAB05106567A; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:02:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rink@tragedy.rink.nu) Received: from mx1.rink.nu (alastor.rink.nu [213.34.49.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D2A58FC22; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:02:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rink@tragedy.rink.nu) Received: from localhost (alastor.rink.nu [213.34.49.5]) by mx1.rink.nu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BB92BFECE4; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:02:11 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at rink.nu Received: from mx1.rink.nu ([213.34.49.5]) by localhost (alastor.rink.nu [213.34.49.5]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id cE3+KQMpMDIY; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:02:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from tragedy.rink.nu (tragedy.rink.nu [213.34.49.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.rink.nu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 216E5BFE830; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:02:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from tragedy.rink.nu (tragedy.rink.nu [213.34.49.3]) by tragedy.rink.nu (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m2DL227F097090; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:02:02 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rink@tragedy.rink.nu) Received: (from rink@localhost) by tragedy.rink.nu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m2DL22P8097088; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:02:02 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rink) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:02:02 +0100 From: Rink Springer To: John Baldwin Message-ID: <20080313210202.GL77132@rink.nu> References: <200803131856.m2DIurjS096021@repoman.freebsd.org> <20080313195116.GJ77132@rink.nu> <200803131556.24388.jhb@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200803131556.24388.jhb@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, Rink Springer , src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 machdep.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:02:15 -0000 On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 03:56:24PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > I think people still want to be able to boot kernels from boot2/gptboot rather > than loader in which case we'd always have to have the vm86 calls that are > there now. My suggestion is to always use SMAP / bootinfo if it's there; if it's not there, use the old-fashioned way. Otherwise, things like GRUB will die too ... -- Rink P.W. Springer - http://rink.nu "Anyway boys, this is America. Just because you get more votes doesn't mean you win." - Fox Mulder