Re: CVS commit: src/distrib/common/bootimage

[Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>]

christos@ wrote:

> | 3. fallback to mount ptyfs via direct mount(2) in sysinst only when
> |    openpty(3) fails, so that poor Tier II ports still use old way
> |    without file-system PTYFS and we don't have to touch a number of
> |    crunch lists to add mount_ptyfs(8). That's what my PR/47774 intended.
> 
> I was trying to avoid carrying over the old pty code around forever,
> and having all the ports doing it in a unified way.

It sounds a bit paranoiac (i.e. best or nothing strategy) for me.

> I guess it does
> not matter too much for the installer, but it does add complexity...
> I think if you remove COMPAT_BSDTTY and just have PTYFS the code is
> only a few K larger.

- there are so many ramdisk lists
- some ports still have 1440KB restriction due to installation floppy
- few people will bother to maintain such lists just for installer

The point of my PR is "unfortunately we always lack man power,"
as no one have take a look at the problem even after 6.0.

If you can sweep all image list files and kernel config files
without regressions, it's fine for me.

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Izumi Tsutsui