[686] in Info-AFS_Redistribution
Re: Static AFS kernel loading
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marc Horowitz)
Fri Mar 27 21:55:58 1992
To: "Peter Lister, Cranfield Computer Centre" <ccprl@xdm001.ccc.cranfield.ac.uk>
Cc: ccprl@xdm001.ccc.cranfield.ac.uk, info-afs@transarc.com
In-Reply-To: [682] in Info-AFS_Redistribution
Reply-To: Marc Horowitz <marc@MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 92 20:29:21 EST
From: Marc Horowitz <marc@MIT.EDU>
dkload works by overwriting the kernel's startup code with afs code,
and then mucking with some pointers in other places in the kernel.
There's no space to put the afs code in a kernel which hasn't been
loaded yet. I suppose if you're really clever, you might be able to
do something, but it's far less trivial.
As for ultrix, I seem to remember that ultrix comes with .o files for
the kernel. I don't think you need a kernel source license to build a
static afs kernel. Of course, my memory may be completely wrong :-)
Marc
