Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 10:40:37 -0400 From: Eric McCorkle <eric@metricspace.net> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@puchar.net> Cc: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: EFI GELI support ready for testers Message-ID: <AFC9FE3D-AFB3-42A5-9D54-A54F1CC87A7F@metricspace.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1606011623410.3503@laptop.wojtek.intra> References: <519CC1FC-84DF-4710-8E62-AF26D8AED2CF@metricspace.net> <20160528083656.GT38613@kib.kiev.ua> <d6b96a6c-4e92-35a5-e78b-cc674b6d2f25@freebsd.org> <20160528172618.GB38613@kib.kiev.ua> <6A9DADE0-B214-424A-BB14-0B0848F0D08D@metricspace.net> <20160529091827.GD38613@kib.kiev.ua> <46B3F9E2-A25B-4F9D-B35F-11AC782495B1@metricspace.net> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1606011623410.3503@laptop.wojtek.intra>
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On Jun 1, 2016, at 10:29, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@puchar.net> wrote: >> It's undesirable because the whole point of ZFS is to have one ZFS volume= for the whole system. > This sounds more like a religious dogma than anything else. >=20 > what if i run single disk (or mirrored 2 disk) system, no ZFS but i want e= verything encrypted by GELI and want only ona partition? So do it. I don't see the problem. > Will you write special bootloader that would be hidden unencrypted on geli= volume? No, the boot block lives either on the ESP or the boot sector. Same as it a= lways has. > Will you write 10000 special bootloaders to cope with 10000 cases of confi= guration FreeBSD admins want to have in the world? >=20 > Or maybe - in the future admins would not be allowed to decide and there w= ill be only one allowed storage configuration - ZFS volume occupying all dis= ks, with bootloader designed for that one case? These are just straw-man arguments, and nobody has suggested anything of the= sort.=
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