Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 08:58:52 +0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com>, Kris Moore <kris@pcbsd.org> Subject: Re: BE Loader Menu (was Re: rcs) Message-ID: <52647C4C.8010706@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D720FC7ADA3@LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com> References: <60177810-8DC4-4EA3-8040-A834B79039D2@orthanc.ca> <52538EDC.2080001@freebsd.org> <52541202.3010707@mu.org> <20131008.170444.74714516.sthaug@nethelp.no> <52542BD4.5070706@FreeBSD.org> <52542E1D.9000000@mu.org> <CAOjFWZ4xq3fTQc_%2B7i68HVa3xO6-uXUPt=hAPnH5fv0z9D5WRQ@mail.gmail.com> <52555D1C.8010407@freebsd.org> <CAOjFWZ70-or1_873iOgeLMThqAJV_y0ZA0%2BfWhJYTwHygq=pYA@mail.gmail.com> <CAOjFWZ5bsrQ5TuT0W1yTK=T%2Bj4Q=oAPhE-CfN9z1Ydeg_5BF3g@mail.gmail.com> <52558577.5020401@allanjude.com> <52558779.2070203@pcbsd.org> <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D720FC4B2A3@LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com> <5256D08F.5060101@freebsd.org> <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D720FC50D64@LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com> <5256D8E9.10200@freebsd.org> <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D720FC7ADA3@LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com>
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Kris. exactly what features need to be added to the boot process to allow what you want to do, but without using grub? On 10/19/13 3:39 AM, Teske, Devin wrote: > On Oct 10, 2013, at 9:42 AM, Julian Elischer wrote: > >> On 10/11/13 12:39 AM, Teske, Devin wrote: >>> On Oct 10, 2013, at 9:06 AM, Julian Elischer wrote: >>> >>>> On 10/10/13 1:05 AM, Teske, Devin wrote: >>>>> I'm late to the party again ;D (didn't realize the rcs thread had turned BE) >>>>> >>>>> Both problems can be solved. >>>>> The loading of the kernel *after* choosing your boot device is trivial. >>>>> We've been doing it at $work for *years* (almost a decade?) >>>>> >>>>> I can put that in, whenever. Probably at the same time as implementing >>>>> the live/dynamic BE menus for selecting the root device. >>>> yeah it always pisses me of when the menu comes up after the kernel is loaded because 99% of the time, I'm in the menu because I want to boot a DIFFERENT kernel.. >>>> >>> Same thought I had about 7 years ago. After hearing that others >>> (especially you, Julian) think the same thoughts... >>> >>> I'm happily ready to merge a patch from VICOR to achieve this. >> PLEASE!.. put it up for review somewhere... >> > Done... > > http://druidbsd.cvs.sf.net/viewvc/druidbsd/forth_zfs/ > > All new code. Had to make it programmable: > > http://twitpic.com/dhv2b6 > > See that the patch adds documentation for loader.conf(5). > It also clarifies a horrible description of "start" versus "initialize" in loader.4th(8). > > >> I wonder if we can we get a reviewboard instance for the project some time? >> > Do let me know what you think. I went all-out on this one.
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