Subject: Re: arc bootloader (Re: Just Checking )
To: Chuck Silvers <chuq@chuq.com>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: port-arc
Date: 07/09/2001 14:00:01
On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 01:39:34PM -0700, Chuck Silvers wrote:
> it'd be nice if userland sources were not stored in the kernel directories.
> I'd like to eventually get to the point where we have identical userlands
> on (for example) all the mipsel platforms, so that they can share binary sets.
> this gets harder if random programs are off in the kernel directories.
> how about just putting it in usr.sbin/arcdiag? the Makefile can skip
> that directory for architectures where it doesn't make sense.
arcdiag is not a userland program. It's a standalone program, run
directly by the ARC BIOS. It cannot be run from userland.
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>