Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:51:15 -0600 From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> To: freebsd-current Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Cc: aoyama@peach.ne.jp, =?utf-8?Q?Edward_Tomasz_Napiera=C5=82a?= <trasz@freebsd.org>, Yonas Yanfa <yonas@fizk.net> Subject: Re: Add isboot iSCSI boot driver to FreeBSD Message-ID: <A275982D-BECE-490B-B851-1C24000DBFAF@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <5B296016-F14D-48A9-8DC6-0D8EA28AE891@jnielsen.net> References: <56025EEE.50404@fizk.net> <5B296016-F14D-48A9-8DC6-0D8EA28AE891@jnielsen.net>
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On Sep 23, 2015, at 9:16 AM, John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> wrote: > On Sep 23, 2015, at 2:12 AM, Yonas Yanfa <yonas@fizk.net> wrote: >=20 >> isboot is a iSCSI boot driver written by Daisuke Aoyama that allows = you to boot your root partition using iSCSI. > [,,,] >> This was first announced way back in June, 2010: >>=20 >> = https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-scsi/2010-June/004425.html >>=20 >> I've tested the current version (v0.2.10) and it works with FreeBSD = 10.2 booting a ZFS on root installation: >>=20 >> http://www.peach.ne.jp/archives/isboot/isboot-0.2.10.tar.gz >>=20 >> I've used iSCSI boot with Ubuntu Server for a while and it's been = very useful. I'm looking forward to FreeBSD having the same capability = built-in. >=20 > +1. I have used this module in the past and it is extremely useful. = Thanks for the pointer, I wasn=E2=80=99t aware it had been updated for = FreeBSD 10.x so recently. I=E2=80=99ve also wondered why this is not = part of FreeBSD by default. >=20 > Aoyama-san, do you have any objection to this code being included in = FreeBSD? If not, can you formally assign it a BSD or other friendly = license? Thank you again for the work! >=20 > Trasz (or anyone), is there other work to support iSCSI booting and/or = IBFT on FreeBSD? Anything else isboot might conflict with? Any problems = with integrating the code or with the code itself? >=20 > In the mean time, I=E2=80=99m going to work on adding an isboot port = to the tree to further ease installation and increase exposure. Proposed port here: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D203294
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