Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 10:51:48 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: re@FreeBSD.org, audit@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: Extending loader(8) for loading kerels/modules split across Message-ID: <XFMail.020305105148.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3C84974D.37F683BD@FreeBSD.org>
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On 05-Mar-02 Maxim Sobolev wrote: > Hi folks, > > Please review attached patch, which adds long overdue feature to our > loader(8), allowing it to load sequence of files as a single object. > This should allow us to lift 1.44M limit on compressed kernel for the > installation diskette. Please note, that to use this feature to load > gzip-compressed objects you need to split the object first and then > compress each piece individually, not compress first and then split > already compressed file. Therefore tight fitting of each piece to the > 1.44M limit could be a little tricky, but not impossible. Other way > around is to use kgzip(8) utility to compress kernel and then split it > into pieces 1.44M each. > > If there are no objections I would like to commit it ASAP, so that our > RE team is able to use this feature in the forthcoming 5.0-DP1 > release. > > Any feedback is appreciated. Looks good to me I guess. :) Do you have an example loader.conf that can be used on the floppies to demonstrate it? > -Maxim -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-audit" in the body of the message
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