campbell@sauron.UUCP (Mark Campbell) (12/05/86)
Could someone please explain the rationale behind the 3B2 System V.3 configuration scheme? I'm specifically talking about the "mboot"/"lboot" code which handles reconfiguration at run-time. It seems to me to be really cumbersome -- a sure sign that I'm missing the reasons the code exists in the first place. Some of the basic questions I have are: o Why is the symbol table constructed at run-time? o Why use "mkboot" instead of the traditional SGS code ("ld"). I really don't want to get into arguments concerning "this is better than that", I just want to understand what motivated the developers. Thanks. -- Mark Campbell Phone: (803)-791-6697 E-Mail: !ncsu!ncrcae!sauron!campbell