Subject: Re: ELF
To: None <nigel@ind.tansu.com.au>
From: None <drogers@halo7.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 05/14/2001 14:03:28
I suppose I could give it a try.  I have codewarrior 6 for mac and
whatever version for windows that shipped with it.  I've got some time and
I'd like to help contribute.

Dave Rogers

On Mon, 14 May 2001 nigel@ind.tansu.com.au wrote:

>
> * The Booter is currently only able to parse a.out kernels.
>   The kernel loading code is a humongous section of spaghetti
>
> * Chuck kindly supplied an ELF kernel to experiment with
>
> * I have compiled libsa/loadfile.c into the Booter, and it
>   parses both ELF and a.out kernels, but the kernel hangs
>   right at the start (i.e. before it outputs the NetBSD msg)
>
> * From comparing memory dumps for booting an a.out kernel
>   with an old and the new Booter, it seemed that the loadfile
>   code was adding an extra blank page, but I think I fixed that
>
> * My old laptop disk died somewhere in the middle there,
>   and after I replaced it the machine was unreliable,
>   so I moved onto a new laptop.
>   Unfortunately, the new one has no floppy drive,
>   so testing the Booter became a much slower process.
>   I have been trying to get a MacOS emulator working,
>   to speed up the compile/build/test cycle.
>
> * I haven't done much testing in about a month.
>   If anyone has CodeWarrior 9 or greater,
>   and some spare motivation, I can e-mail the code.
>
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