From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 23 15:01:57 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C704106568F; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:01:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E25168FC0C; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:01:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (66.111.2.69.static.nyinternet.net [66.111.2.69]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7BFA946B37; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:01:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from jhbbsd.hudson-trading.com (unknown [209.249.190.9]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPA id D39858A01B; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:01:55 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: Robert Noland Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:42:01 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200911171017.58140.jhb@freebsd.org> <1258914452.2344.18.camel@balrog.2hip.net> In-Reply-To: <1258914452.2344.18.camel@balrog.2hip.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200911230842.01788.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:01:55 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.1 at bigwig.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=4.2 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RDNS_NONE autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on bigwig.baldwin.cx Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Build a separate ZFS-enabled loader.zfs X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:01:57 -0000 On Sunday 22 November 2009 1:27:32 pm Robert Noland wrote: > On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 10:17 -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > > This patch is a workaround to enabling ZFS support by default in the boot > > loader. It enables building a loader.zfs which is a ZFS-enabled loader and > > changing zfsboot and gptzfsboot to use /boot/loader.zfs instead > > of /boot/loader. I have only tested that things built ok, I have not > > boot-tested it as I don't have ZFS setup anywhere. The patch is available at > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/loader.zfs/. You will also need to copy > > the 'loader.zfs/Makefile' file from that URL into a new > > sys/boot/i386/loader.zfs directory after applying the patch. > > Ok, I made a few changes, but this is tested and working for zfs. I > opted to change the loader name to zfsloader, since we tend to prefix > rather than suffix boot/loader bits and I thought that loader.zfs.old > looked ugly. The following should be a complete patch against -CURRENT. > Note that you do need to reinstall bootcode (zfsboot/gptzfsboot) for > this to boot the correct loader. > > http://people.freebsd.org/~rnoland/0001-Create-a-seperate-zfs-enabled-loader.patch > > robert. Looks ok to me, commit! -- John Baldwin