I have just checked in the new boot program code; actually the one that
was in the last snapshot. Benefits with this:

+ Simpler syntax; type 'boot netbsd.old -s' for single-user for example.

+ Easier to add new features, for example "ls", "sho dev" or similar.

+ Can load gzipped kernels now.

Drawback:

- There may for sure have been introduced bugs on some machines.

The old boot syntax still works. ``backward compatibility''. :-)


The only thing left that should be done is to pass parameters to the
kernel in some other way than via registers. 

-- Ragge