Updated i386 bootcode rewrite patch...

Chris Noe (stiker@northlink.com)
Mon, 11 Oct 1999 13:18:50 -0400 (EDT)

Simple patch that takes all the as86/ld86 stuff in arch/i386/boot and
makes it use standard GNU as/ld. Needs a minimum of binutils-2.9.1.0.7,
but that's it (that is the minimum per Documentation/Changes for 2.2
anyway). I'd love to see this squeeze into 2.3 as a 'bugfix' as no new
features are anywhere to be found, I swear. :)

This thing has been tested by many people, as it's been around since late
2.1, so it shouldn't break a single thing. Should be a simple drop-in
replacement type of deal. That being said though, I am not 100% sure of
the video.S code as I can't test it all (lack of hardware!), so if
something does break, it'll probably be there.

You can find it against 2.3.20 and a few older 2.3's at:
http://www.northlink.com/~stiker

[ From: README.newboot ]
[...]
Pointless? Naw! Here are just a few of the good things that came out of it:

o The kernel is no longer dependent on as86/ld86.
o Consistency; this is the only part of the kernel still using
as86/ld86, everything else is gas or inlined (both AT&T).
o build.c is a bit smaller since it doesn't have to mess
with minix style (aka ld86) output.
o It removes some dead old code. Everybody loves those patches.

Files touched:
arch/i386/boot/bootsect.S
arch/i386/boot/setup.S
arch/i386/boot/video.S
arch/i386/boot/Makefile
arch/i386/boot/tools/build.c
arch/i386/boot/compressed/Makefile (removed unneeded -m elf_i386)
(up to date as of kernel v2.3.20)

Thanks.

Chris Noe
(stiker@northlink.com)

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