Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

[walt]

On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 19:48 +0800, Bean wrote:
> On Jan 28, 2008 5:11 PM, Robert Millan <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 04:10:42AM +0800, Bean wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > How FreeBSD-specific is this?  Will the same module apply to other 
> > > > > > a.out
> > > > > > binaries ?  (I ask since you gave it a generic name)
> > > > >
> > > > > it's an old format of the unix system:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.out
> > > >
> > > > I know.. I was referring to your loader.
> > >
> > > it should be generic, but i only test it using the loader from freebsd.
> >
> > In that case, I'd suggest putting it directly in loader/ (without i386/pc/).
> >
> > Moving files on CVS is a PITA :-/
> 
> ok, here is the new patch...

Good news and bad news.  With this patch and your most recent ufs patch
I can aout /boot/loader or multiboot /netbsd from a UFS partition, that
is the good news.

The bad news is that when I type 'boot', /boot/loader prints out its one
line of text to identify itself and then hangs forever.

When I type 'boot' after loading the netbsd kernel with multiboot, the
machine reboots instantly instead of starting the OS.

Any ideas?