Subject: Re: Almost ready inline kernel booter
To: Daniel Jacobowitz <youngdrow@geocities.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-powerpc
Date: 01/10/1998 21:35:01
On Sun, 11 Jan 1998 00:28:04 -0500
Daniel Jacobowitz <youngdrow@geocities.com> wrote:
> Eventually, I will try to add libz support. Thank you for pointing out
> to me that libz was what I was talking about; I knew it rang a bell - I
> see it every time I link ofwboot, even though it is currently unused (?
> It have a function I don't know about?).
No. The read functions in libsa automatically DTRT if you attempt to
load a gzip'd kernel image. No additional changes are necessary. If
your boot block attempts to read either a netbsd or a netbsd.gz, the
right thing will happen. Pretty cool, huh? :-)
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