Re: kern/59374: KERNEL_DIR: support passing directories from 'boot'

["Paul Goyette via gnats" <gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/59374; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>
To: Christos Zoulas <christos%zoulas.com@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
    netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/59374: KERNEL_DIR: support passing directories from 'boot'
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 09:56:51 -0700 (PDT)

 On Mon, 28 Apr 2025, Christos Zoulas wrote:
 
 > Not easy to do because it can't simply stat the name because we are
 > accessing the disks using bios. The best we can do is probably
 > try name/kernel, name/kernel.gz and then try name.
 
 That sounds workable.
 
 
 
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