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List:       netbsd-current-users
Subject:    Re: Second stage bootloader (i386) hangs on ls command for ext2
From:       Evgeniy Ivanov <lolkaantimat () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-12-25 7:54:59
Message-ID: CAO6Ho0dSc=v5QM6GKt+PTbcB9jK8cmcnWO-FpRXFzHCh2eEw7Q () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi,

On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Evgeniy Ivanov wrote:
>
>> Izumi, thank you for reviewing! New patches are attached.
>  :
>> > I think it's better to use a positive LIBSA_ENABLE_LS_OP option rather
>> > than LIBSA_NO_LS_OP, and make whole (fs_ops)->ls op part optional because
>> >  - there are many primary bootloaders (bootxx_foo) which don't need
>> >   the ls op and have size restrictions (alpha, atari, pmax ...)
>> >  - there are few bootloaders which support command prompt mode where
>> >   the `ls' op is actually required (some ports don't have even getchar())
>>
>> Done.
>>
>> > We also have to check all other non-x86 bootloaders which refer ufs_ls().
>> > (ews4800mips, ia64, landisk, x68k, zaurus etc)
>>
>> Done. I'm not able to check though, but the modification is trivial
>> and almost the same as for i386.
>
> Committed all changes (with several fixes for ews4800mips and x68k)
> http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/source-changes/2011/12/25/msg029999.html

Great!

> Thank you for your great work!

np :-)

> Now it's time for someone[TM] to try PR/30866 :-)
> http://gnats.NetBSD.org/30866

Seems to be a useful feature, I'll work on this in Jan if it doesn't
violate [TM] :P


-- 
Evgeniy
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