Re: Boot code of linuxppc v. netbsd

[Dan Jacobowitz <youngdrow%geocities.com@localhost>]

At 5:55 PM -0400 1/7/98, Allen Briggs wrote:
>> So, what shall we do?  Grab them back from OpenBSD and be merry?
>
>The ld.script may or may not be under the GPL (implicitly), but I don't
>see that being a problem since gas/gcc are GPL, too, as is the gnu
>linker which we are obviously using.

Ahh....thank you, I see that now.

>I specifically asked Paul if he'd put a BSD copyright on hack-coff for
>us back when I was able to spend some time on this (I got about as far
>as y'all have--the boot loader runs, but doesn't boot the kernel on my
>8500).

Exactly, on a 7300.  What I get is a total inability to FIND the kernel -
someone on another kind of powerpc, please describe how you do this.  If I
leave it on a floppy I can't get the boot loader to open it; do I need to
have a partition first recognizable by Open Firmware?  Plus, OF seems to be
munging the string gets() returns QUITE badly.

>Sorry I've been out of touch in this discussion--I've been out of town
>for three weeks (and I'm getting ready to move cross-country and change
>jobs so I can't take much part in this right now)-:  I was to the point,
>though, where I was ready to ditch OF and use it only minimally--writing
>native device drivers for the hardware, as needed.

Gotta get us booted first :)

What ever happened to the OpenMac list, by the way?  Your listserver has
been completely ignoring me...

Dan

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