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Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/i386/stand

Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/i386/stand
From: David Holland <dholland-tech@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:58:18 UTC
Newsgroups: fa.netbsd.tech.kern

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 07:56:50AM +0200, Bernd Ernesti wrote:
 > > Log Message:
 > > Change the x86 boot blocks so they don't include builder login and date.
 > > 
 > > For now, we include kernel revision as a way of allowing users to
 > > notice that boot blocks have gotten very old, so the first line of the
 > > printout looks like this (depending on the particular block):
 > > 
 > >   >> NetBSD/x86 BIOS Boot, Revision 3.4 (from NetBSD 5.0)
 > [...]
 > 
 > I asked you before to bring this topic up on tech-kern, where you would
 > get rational why this should not be done.

Such as? I don't see the problem.

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David A. Holland
dholland@xxxxxxxxxx

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