Subject: Re: "make release" works on sparc64 for cross.
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@wasabisystems.com>
From: James Chacon <jchacon@genuity.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/23/2002 23:43:44
I'd suggest a new tool for this. Makefs should be used for mastering the
image. If you need something to grok raw ufs for other reasons then those
should be drawn up separately to avoid makefs becoming some kitchen sink of
options.

James

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>matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au> writes:
>> i think the easiest way around this is to remove the need for
>> the hard coded set of bootblocks and manage loading /boot by
>> name like the alpha & pmax do (both who have typically much
>> larger object code than sparc :-).  anyone want to work on this? :-)
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>It isn't possible to do on every platform, regardless of our
>desires. I would suggest instead that we rig up makefs or some other
>tool to simply tell us the block numbers so we can feed them into a
>modified installboot. We'll be needing this in other places.
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