Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 03:47:57 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: =?UTF-8?B?T2RoaWFtYm8g44Ov44K344Oz44OI44Oz?= <odhiambo@gmail.com> Cc: Marko Zec <zec@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: VIMAGE status Message-ID: <4A016ADD.3060004@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <991123400905060306h573b6b28x1c7fc0497ef28472@mail.gmail.com> References: <49FC812B.2070305@elischer.org> <991123400905060306h573b6b28x1c7fc0497ef28472@mail.gmail.com>
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Odhiambo ワシントン wrote: > > > On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 8:21 PM, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org > <mailto:julian@elischer.org>> wrote: > > The VIMAGE code is nearly all in the the kernel. > > One is now able to make VIMAGE kernels (add options VIMAGE) > though they don't actually allow you to make multiple > vimages instances yet.. > > The VIMAGE option enables all the low level changes needed > throughout the kernel. > > The VIMAGE_GLOBALS option basically sets thing sback to how they > were before. > > Having neither (the default) gives a kernel that is a kind of hybrid. > > The Hybrid state is what will go forward as 'NON-VIMAGE' mode > and the VIMAGE_GLOBALS mode will probably go away in time as > it complicates the code. > > The aim of this mail is to ask people to try add the VIMAGE option > to their regular kernels and try use them as you woudl normally. > You will not yet be able to use any new VIMAGE features but we > should be fully compatible with previous kernels. > > > How do I use VIMAGE in 7.2-RELEASE? I'd like to play with the BIG boyz :) VImage code is in -current (hence the -current mailing list) so it is not in 7.2. HOWEVER you can pick up 7.2(ish) kernel sourcce tree which will allow you to substitute in a 7.2 VIMAGE kernel and play with it.. I'll let Marko give you the details. > > > -- > Best regards, > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > Nairobi,KE > +254733744121/+254722743223 > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on > society." > -- Mark Twain
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