Bill Studenmund wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Jason Thorpe wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:57:50 -0700 (PDT) 
> >  Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov> wrote:
> >  > I think you'll need some opt files. These files control their behavior
> >  > based on kernel compile options, which we're now going controlling with
> >  > generated headders (so you can compile kernel options, the files change,
> >  > and the depend code in make regens the right files).
> > 
> > Why do you need to use the actual FFS code?  If this is for a boot
> > program, use the FFS reading package in libsa.
> > 
> > You could certainly also add simple write support to the libsa FFS
> > package.  I mean, it's not like you have to interact with the buffer
> > cache, deal with the vnode layer, etc. in a boot block :-)
> 
> We'd also have to add the ability to create files, which is the problem
> with libsa.

maybe i've missed something about the mac68k booter, but why exactly does
it need to be able to create files?

-colin