i386/loader compiled with NOFORTH

[Ruslan Ermilov]

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.

> 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?


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