From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 4 17:47:04 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C24061065696 for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2011 17:47:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gljennjohn@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 501118FC14 for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2011 17:47:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm16 with SMTP id 16so2660556fxm.13 for ; Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:47:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:reply-to:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=7l8WGkP7hb8SBBdrzKlTiFuBzls9u5562uyzbDYHHWQ=; b=BkI3d5VUFaitiRk25sY2QYwjvHUELXEqdmzdtumJTvMX5rdAhrYdC0r/aU5I3mO9PN /4OFMYmcVSQJlXoQqzkCCOIY52Md4u6KyZD+bV7CMDNwomj8+1TT2CLc+x5s53h8a/pb 6hTvTxaaCskiQczd5mh3oj5w0w5ZWiKhbTIe8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Hfr6m3pqZqvnXh64ow5aauErhnwqvZ2b3o+aWba0M58Demwl29cy7MuV0cR2ANxrci HW/pJHlWNkMLhu2nOgKSGV+aWmTRlrQE1uGQxXNYpi8C/hsNC+KUu8bb45m1kRFvto7r yZHP/GDUnbBiGVIkKtpyPTLD4JgH1ojYlPYTg= Received: by 10.223.86.140 with SMTP id s12mr11642671fal.145.1296841622385; Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:47:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from ernst.jennejohn.org (p578E1E1A.dip.t-dialin.net [87.142.30.26]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f24sm348653fak.24.2011.02.04.09.47.01 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:47:01 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 18:47:00 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn To: Luca Pizzamiglio Message-ID: <20110204184700.025fa407@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <4D4C2A92.1000104@bally-wulff.de> References: <4D4BE50A.7000705@bally-wulff.de> <20110204141254.1dd98de8@ernst.jennejohn.org> <4D4C2A92.1000104@bally-wulff.de> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.18.7; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: building kernel including GEOM_VINUM X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gljennjohn@googlemail.com List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:47:04 -0000 On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:34:26 +0100 Luca Pizzamiglio wrote: > >> I read on FreeBSD > >> handbook that is possible (but not raccomended), but I don't find how... > >> > >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/vinum-config.html > >> > >> I missed something or GEOM_VINUM is available just as a module? > >> > > > > It would probably require some major hacking. Apparently gvinum was > > designed with using it only as a KLD in mind. > > > > Is that meanings that there's an error on handbook? How I (or we) could > improve it? > I wouldn't exactly call it an error. The statement is that it _could_ be intergrated into the kernel, but it's recommended to use a KLD instead. That's still valid, since it isn't stated the it _is_ integrated into the kernel. Right now gvinum is only available as a KLD. Whether that will ever change I can't even guess at. -- Gary Jennejohn