Re: Amiga RDB

Ingo Weinhold <bonefish-CFLBMwTPW48UNGrzBIF7/[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Axel Dörfler wrote:
> > > > Fair enough - but I'll try to be faster than you this one time 
> > > > :-)
> > > I wouldn't be too disappointed. ;-)
> > Well, perhaps you will if I messed it up ;-))
> I'm faithful, that you won't. :-)

Don't be to sure about that :-P

> > Yes, for example: why should we compile the whole driver_settings 
> > suite
> > into the boot loader which only needs one way parsing of files/
> > strings?
> The partition/FS modules may want to use unparse features to create 
> the
> [content] parameter strings. I suspect, in most cases an sprintf() 
> (is it
> available in the boot loader?) will do just fine, but one never 
> knows...

sprintf() is available in the boot loader, yes. If we really need to, 
we can extend the boot loader services at any point, given that it 
would still fit on a floppy disk :)

> > Something like that - maybe it's not even an issue, but if we got 
> > space
> > issues some day...
> Are there any space restrictions to the boot loader? Other than that 
> it
> has to fit on the boot media, of course -- which, I suppose, could be 
> an
> issue only for floppy disks, which will face extinction earlier or 
> later
> anyway.

Yes, that's only an issue for floppy disks. If the BIOS can't boot from 
a CD-ROM, we would need to fit the boot loader, the kernel, and all 
needed modules onto the boot floppy. Just in case :-)
I guess it would be a good idea to try to keep in short from the 
beginning :)

Adios...
   Axel.