Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-31 Thread Bean
On Feb 1, 2008 9:46 AM, walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bean wrote: > > On Jan 30, 2008 8:24 PM, walt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Sorry, I gave you incomplete information. I can use 'multiboot' to load > >> the netbsd from any kind of fs, but it makes no difference: 'boot' then > >> cause

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-31 Thread walt
Bean wrote: On Jan 30, 2008 8:24 PM, walt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sorry, I gave you incomplete information. I can use 'multiboot' to load the netbsd from any kind of fs, but it makes no difference: 'boot' then causes the machine to reboot instantly. The same applies to aout: I can aout lo

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-30 Thread Bean
On Jan 30, 2008 8:24 PM, walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, I gave you incomplete information. I can use 'multiboot' to load > the netbsd from any kind of fs, but it makes no difference: 'boot' then > causes the machine to reboot instantly. The same applies to aout: I > can aout load from

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-30 Thread walt
On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 14:53 +0800, Bean wrote: > On Jan 29, 2008 6:04 AM, walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bean wrote: > > > On Jan 28, 2008 10:37 PM, walt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ... > > >> Good news and bad news. With this patch and your most recent ufs patch > > >> I can aout /boot/l

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-29 Thread Bean
On Jan 30, 2008 2:11 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 03:20:12PM +0800, Bean wrote: > > On Jan 29, 2008 3:11 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 06:37:16AM -0800, walt wrote: > > > > > > > > When I type 'boot' after loading the netbsd kernel with

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-29 Thread jakllsch
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 03:20:12PM +0800, Bean wrote: > On Jan 29, 2008 3:11 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 06:37:16AM -0800, walt wrote: > > > > > > When I type 'boot' after loading the netbsd kernel with multiboot, the > > > machine reboots instantly instead of starti

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-29 Thread Marco Gerards
Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 09:56:38PM +0800, Bean wrote: >> > >> > The multiboot standard supports a.out. It would be nice if it was >> > also capable of a.out. So this code can somehow be shared, like ELF >> > support is shared now. >> >> but it doesn't

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-29 Thread Robert Millan
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 09:56:38PM +0800, Bean wrote: > > > > The multiboot standard supports a.out. It would be nice if it was > > also capable of a.out. So this code can somehow be shared, like ELF > > support is shared now. > > but it doesn't have the multiboot header, or the header is not >

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-29 Thread Bean
On Jan 29, 2008 5:14 PM, Marco Gerards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Jan 29, 2008 4:48 PM, Marco Gerards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > >> > On Jan 28, 2008 5:11 PM, Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> On

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-29 Thread Marco Gerards
Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Jan 29, 2008 4:48 PM, Marco Gerards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > On Jan 28, 2008 5:11 PM, Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 04:10:42AM +0800, Bean wrote: >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > >

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-29 Thread Bean
On Jan 29, 2008 4:48 PM, Marco Gerards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Jan 28, 2008 5:11 PM, Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 04:10:42AM +0800, Bean wrote: > >> > > > > > >> > > > > How FreeBSD-specific is this? Will the s

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-29 Thread Robert Millan
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 01:11:57AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Now if only I was having more luck when grub2 was loaded from coreboot. > But that's another thread maybe. Could you bring this up? (please change Subject if you do) -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-29 Thread Marco Gerards
Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Jan 28, 2008 5:11 PM, Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 sin

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-28 Thread Bean
On Jan 29, 2008 3:11 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 06:37:16AM -0800, walt wrote: > > > > When I type 'boot' after loading the netbsd kernel with multiboot, the > > machine reboots instantly instead of starting the OS. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > I've encountered this in q

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-28 Thread jakllsch
On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 06:37:16AM -0800, walt wrote: > > When I type 'boot' after loading the netbsd kernel with multiboot, the > machine reboots instantly instead of starting the OS. > > Any ideas? > I've encountered this in qemu where it tells you you are executing code outside ram/rom at the

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-28 Thread Bean
On Jan 29, 2008 6:04 AM, walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bean wrote: > > On Jan 28, 2008 10:37 PM, walt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... > >> 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 > >> i

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-28 Thread walt
Bean wrote: On Jan 28, 2008 10:37 PM, walt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... 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 prin

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-28 Thread Bean
On Jan 28, 2008 10:37 PM, walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 19:48 +0800, Bean wrote: > > On Jan 28, 2008 5:11 PM, Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 04:10:42AM +0800, Bean wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How FreeBSD-specific is this? W

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-28 Thread walt
On Mon, 2008-01-28 at 19:48 +0800, Bean wrote: > On Jan 28, 2008 5:11 PM, Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > > > > > bin

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-28 Thread Bean
On Jan 28, 2008 5:11 PM, Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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) > > > > >

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-28 Thread Robert Millan
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.o

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-27 Thread Bean
On Jan 28, 2008 4:06 AM, Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 03:55:19AM +0800, Bean wrote: > > On Jan 28, 2008 3:41 AM, Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 02:53:14AM +0800, Bean wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > This patch add su

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-27 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 03:55:19AM +0800, Bean wrote: > On Jan 28, 2008 3:41 AM, Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 02:53:14AM +0800, Bean wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > This patch add support for a.out kernel, which includes the 4th loader > > > of BSD system. For e

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-27 Thread Bean
On Jan 28, 2008 3:41 AM, Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 02:53:14AM +0800, Bean wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This patch add support for a.out kernel, which includes the 4th loader > > of BSD system. For example, to start FreeBSD: > > Cool! > > How FreeBSD-specific is th

Re: [PATCH] a.out kernel loader

2008-01-27 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 02:53:14AM +0800, Bean wrote: > Hi, > > This patch add support for a.out kernel, which includes the 4th loader > of BSD system. For example, to start FreeBSD: Cool! How FreeBSD-specific is this? Will the same module apply to other a.out binaries ? (I ask since you gave