cvs commit: src/sys/boot/efi/loader Makefile src/sys/boot/ia64/skiload Makefile

Marcel Moolenaar marcel at xcllnt.net
Fri Feb 13 13:40:11 PST 2004


On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 06:14:18PM +0000, Doug Rabson wrote:
> > > I believe it was there from when I was tring to debug the inital loader
> > > port.
> > 
> > Yes. What's your point?
> > 
> > > The debug flags for skiload were there for my script which loaded
> > > the kernel and set a ski breakpoint at '__start' - it set breakpoints
> > > inside skiload so that it could swap symbol tables after the kernel was
> > > loaded.
> > 
> > The script still works. All you need is an unstripped loader. You
> > don't need debug information for that.
> 
> I thought that ru@ had asked why things were done this way - I was
> trying to explain.

Ah, ok. I interpreted it as an expression of disapproval WRT my
commit because you didn't reply to the commit made by ru@ or
directly reply to his question.

So, euh... yes :-)

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