From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 17 07:40:38 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68C9010656C1 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:40:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ndenev@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f218.google.com (mail-fx0-f218.google.com [209.85.220.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED1108FC1A for ; Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:40:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm10 with SMTP id 10so2504601fxm.14 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:40:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:mime-version :content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding :message-id:references:to:x-mailer; bh=95Q5UER1HVaHOZ0fTOI0H/GsFZizQZuhTH83jT3iiKc=; b=E97cNK+ih8mmMnED2Y1g3PWv2YI+0/5f6PqKJnJgQom7YZuaUmNK6mQNJ9dd3emEnT QLx8nIx/c7cckRbkELx7nOVoF2D3VnFa7Uu0Jg+IiOBTEO/OariS86RkBMFagk+oHigD 8b37C4VK8Sd7ECbP+TJkTtX/BSCh8HvqcPlqY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; b=n4I+vrKWLa7aXZzYqzbUPhskYRvZ0YRoSDzQcSwCXw9RV9PNwuNyba4/cRLqtF9agK VzrXxiSctr8KC0W8LVun0ESt84nVYcurk/Jd+RR4qPOpG2VTswT3UZ4A5rvAxMOSgaFo GiF2F0GbD4faAu5aJL4EUzT8O2HTr7MWbPUJI= Received: by 10.103.84.10 with SMTP id m10mr4195762mul.60.1258443636541; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:40:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?10.0.0.10? (93-152-151-19.ddns.onlinedirect.bg [93.152.151.19]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm16489607mup.12.2009.11.16.23.40.35 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:40:35 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Nikolay Denev In-Reply-To: <4B025136.3060809@ish.com.au> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:40:33 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <7DD81D94-82BF-455B-B472-4A7D97830AB0@gmail.com> References: <4B023061.7070203@ish.com.au> <4B025136.3060809@ish.com.au> To: Aristedes Maniatis X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1077) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: request: LOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:40:38 -0000 On 17 Nov, 2009, at 09:31 , Aristedes Maniatis wrote: > On 17/11/09 6:21 PM, Nikolay Denev wrote: >> I've also thought about that, but I guess one of the issues is that = this way >> FreeBSD will by default load CDDL-ed code, which may not be = desirable. >> Probably a compromise would be to build two loaders by default, one = with zfs support and the standard one. >=20 >=20 > I don't believe this is the issue since FreeBSD already comes with = zfs.ko and opensolaris.ko already built by default. That is, it includes = the CDDL code from ZFS itself. The boot loader is a FreeBSD invention = (although probably built with pieces of code from the ZFS module). >=20 > Ari Maniatis >=20 > --=20 > --------------------------> > ish > http://www.ish.com.au > Level 1, 30 Wilson Street Newtown 2042 Australia > phone +61 2 9550 5001 fax +61 2 9550 4001 > GPG fingerprint CBFB 84B4 738D 4E87 5E5C 5EFA EF6A 7D2E 3E49 102A They are built by default, but not loaded in memory by default. That's = the difference. -- Regards, Nikolay Denev