Subject: Re: proposed re-work / unification of boot block installation
To: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
From: Luke Mewburn <lukem@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 05/01/2002 19:56:00
On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 09:53:42PM +0900, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
  | I forgot to ask:
  | 
  | In article <20020430200313.R3537@wasabisystems.com>
  | lukem@wasabisystems.com wrote:
  | 
  | >   | 1) Is it worth that native installboot for each port supports
  | >   |    installation of bootstrap for ALL ports?
  | > 
  | > Yes, it is.
  | 
  | Isn't it still worth to make non-native bootstrap
  | supports optional (especially for install media) ?
  | 
  | I'm afraid future MI installboot will become bigger and bigger.

This is a valid concern.  However, I'll wait until it becomes an issue
before tackling it (there's other more pressing issues, at least in
the near term).

Luke.

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