From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailserv2.iuinc.com (qmailr@mailserv2.iuinc.com [206.245.164.55]) by puffin.external.hp.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id MAA05505 for ; Sun, 26 Sep 1999 12:17:49 -0600 Received: from thepuffingroup.com (IDENT:adevries@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by feather.thepuffingroup.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA16591 for ; Sun, 26 Sep 1999 14:37:42 -0400 Sender: adevries@thepuffingroup.com Message-ID: <37EE67F2.D4C786B5@thepuffingroup.com> Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 14:37:38 -0400 From: Alex deVries MIME-Version: 1.0 To: parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [parisc-linux] cleaning up IPL and ramdisks List-ID: We've talked for awhile about rewriting all the bootup stuff, it's served us well until now, but it really needs a rewrite to make it a lot cleaner. Is anyone interested in taking this on? Helge? The new version should use the same PDC calls as the rest of the kernel, use the entire LIF structure declared in the HPUX header files. Philipp, did you have any other thoughts? - Alex -- Alex deVries Vice President of Engineering The Puffin Group