Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 02:40:55PM -0300, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > >>Ruslan Ermilov wrote: >> >>>On 5.x, loader(8) compiled with -DNOFORTH, results in >>>a system without a console. This does not affect the >>>RELENG_4. >>> >>>Can someone who knows this code please look into it? >> >>Curious, since boot disks are compiled without Forth. >> > > You sure they are? I somehow fail to see the code that > rebuilds sys/boot during "make release" with -DNOFORTH. Yes. FICL is unnecessary for the simple task of booting the installation kernel and takes quite a bit of space. Notes that this is _only_ for the _install_ floppy, and it is custom built for it. > > >>Maybe it's lack of acpi? >> > > No, acpi(4) was loaded. I experimented with bzip(2) > support in loader(8), and for this I needed the stripped > loader, because memory allocation really sucks in > i386 loader(8). Am I right it's limited to real mode's > 1M? I'm not sure what the exact memory constrains are, particularly since they changed somewhat when such issues were of interest to me. jhb can answer this, I think. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) Gerencia de Operacoes Divisao de Comunicacao de Dados Coordenacao de Seguranca VIVO Centro Oeste Norte Fones: 55-61-313-7654/Cel: 55-61-9618-0904 E-mail: Daniel.Capo_at_tco.net.br Daniel.Sobral_at_tcoip.com.br dcs_at_tcoip.com.br Outros: dcs_at_newsguy.com dcs_at_freebsd.org capo_at_notorious.bsdconspiracy.net Matter cannot be created or destroyed, nor can it be returned without a receipt.Received on Thu Apr 24 2003 - 11:10:02 UTC
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