From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 16 05:04:44 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 661A4B1C; Tue, 16 Jun 2015 05:04:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: from kib.kiev.ua (kib.kiev.ua [IPv6:2001:470:d5e7:1::1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E5FA6D39; Tue, 16 Jun 2015 05:04:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) Received: from tom.home (kostik@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kib.kiev.ua (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t5G54c3W029231 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 16 Jun 2015 08:04:38 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.9.2 kib.kiev.ua t5G54c3W029231 Received: (from kostik@localhost) by tom.home (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t5G54cWc029230; Tue, 16 Jun 2015 08:04:38 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from kostikbel@gmail.com) X-Authentication-Warning: tom.home: kostik set sender to kostikbel@gmail.com using -f Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 08:04:38 +0300 From: Konstantin Belousov To: Julian Elischer Cc: Don whY , FreeBSD-Hackers Mailing List Subject: Re: PXE boot an XIP image? Message-ID: <20150616050438.GI2080@kib.kiev.ua> References: <557C073E.1060702@gmx.com> <557C2BD7.1000104@freebsd.org> <557C844F.1010107@gmx.com> <557E4480.6000603@freebsd.org> <557F0ED6.7010700@gmx.com> <557F91C4.8080602@freebsd.org> <20150616040208.GG2080@kib.kiev.ua> <557FA842.7060803@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <557FA842.7060803@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,FREEMAIL_FROM,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on tom.home X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 05:04:44 -0000 On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 12:38:26PM +0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > On 6/16/15 12:02 PM, Konstantin Belousov wrote: > > Our tmpfs(5) provides the in-place execution capability, assuming the image > > has correctly aligned segments. > cool.. but I guess you'd have to load it up from the net before you > could use it. > Is this documented anywhere? > Documented what ? A way to populate tmpfs mount with some data ? I think tar xf might be enough.