src/sys/boot/alpha/boot2, branch release/3.2.0_cvs

This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create tag

1999-05-24T16:47:10Z

'RELENG_3_2_0_RELEASE'. This commit was manufactured to restore the state of the 3.2-RELEASE image. Releases prior to 5.3-RELEASE are omitting the secure/ and crypto/ subdirs.

Transition from using Perl to using awk for our text-manipulation

1999-01-18T19:05:27Z

needs. This removes the dependancy on Perl for the generation of the loader, allowing the world to be built on a perl-free system. Submitted by: Joe Abley

Alpha-specific help topics (currently empty)

1999-01-05T20:44:26Z

Add dependancy to build loader.help here

1999-01-04T01:28:39Z

First cut at generating loader.help for the alpha

1999-01-03T20:54:05Z

unlocalise build date (merge from i386)

1998-12-15T04:27:15Z

* Extend the memory available for the heap from 256k to 512k.

1998-10-31T17:12:32Z

* Embed the stack into the bss section for loader and netboot. This is required for netboot since otherwise the stack would be inside our heap. * Install loader and netboot in /boot by default. * Fix getbootfile so that it searches for a ',' instead of a ';' when terminating the filename.

Reclaim the 48k used by the first bootstrap stage by adding it to the malloc

1998-10-19T09:12:41Z

pool.

Rename boot2 to loader.

1998-10-18T19:05:07Z

Initial attempt to update the Alpha loader and kernel to use the machine

1998-10-14T09:53:25Z

independent elf loader and have access to kld modules. Jordan and I were not sure how to create boot floppies, and the things we tried just made SRM laugh in our faces - but it was upset at boot1 which was not touched by these changes. Essentially this has been untested. :-( What this does is to steal the last three slots from the nine spare longs in the bootinfo_v1 struct to pass the module base pointer through. The startup code now to set up and fills in the module and environment structures, hopefully close enough to the i386 layout to be able to use the same kernel code. We now pass though the updated end of the kernel space used, rather than _end. (like the i386). If this does not work, it needs to be beaten into shape pronto. Otherwise it should be backed out before 3.0. Pre-approved in principle by: dfr