Re: Experimental boot code patch (was Re: lost with booting)

Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai wrote:
> -On [20040910 02:22], Matthew Dillon ([e-mail]) wrote:
> 
>>   This patch causes the boot1/boot2 code to always try packet mode first
>>   (if the BIOS supports it), and fall back to CHS mode if it doesn't.
>>   Previously CHS mode would always be used for requests with cylinder
>>   numbers below 1024 and packet mode would only be tried for cylinder 
>>   numbers >= 1024.  Packet mode for boot0 is still controlled by boot0cfg.
> 
> 
> FreeBSD added such a feature about 2 weeks ago.  Looks even simpler.  I need
> to check it out.  I'm working my way through the entire boot code anyway
> (and documenting it for all to enjoy).

Are you publishing documentation somewhere too?