From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 7 17:35:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81B6D1065679 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2009 17:35:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gizmo.2hip.net (gizmo.2hip.net [64.74.207.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 305798FC16 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2009 17:35:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (adsl-154-218-170.ard.bellsouth.net [72.154.218.170]) (authenticated bits=0) by gizmo.2hip.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nB7HZ00u093170 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 7 Dec 2009 12:35:01 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rnoland@FreeBSD.org) From: Robert Noland To: Aristedes Maniatis In-Reply-To: <4B1318D9.5030405@ish.com.au> References: <200911171017.58140.jhb@freebsd.org> <1258914452.2344.18.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <200911230842.01788.jhb@freebsd.org> <1259431521.2315.16.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <4B1318D9.5030405@ish.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: FreeBSD Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:34:55 -0600 Message-Id: <1260207295.2315.267.camel@balrog.2hip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_PBL, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL, RDNS_DYNAMIC, SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on gizmo.2hip.net Cc: Edho P Arief , current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Build a separate ZFS-enabled loader.zfs 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: Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:35:03 -0000 On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 11:59 +1100, Aristedes Maniatis wrote: > On 29/11/09 5:05 AM, Robert Noland wrote: > > On Sat, 2009-11-28 at 09:29 +0700, Edho P Arief wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 8:42 PM, John Baldwin wrote: > >>> On Sunday 22 November 2009 1:27:32 pm Robert Noland wrote: > >>>> On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 10:17 -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Ok, I made a few changes, but this is tested and working for zfs. I > >>>> opted to change the loader name to zfsloader, since we tend to prefix > >>>> rather than suffix boot/loader bits and I thought that loader.zfs.old > >>>> looked ugly. The following should be a complete patch against -CURRENT. > >>>> Note that you do need to reinstall bootcode (zfsboot/gptzfsboot) for > >>>> this to boot the correct loader. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> http://people.freebsd.org/~rnoland/0001-Create-a-seperate-zfs-enabled-loader.patch > >>>> > >>>> robert. > >>> > >>> Looks ok to me, commit! > >>> > >> > >> will this merged back to 8.0-stable? > > > > I plan on it, but the big win won't come until it makes it into a > > release or at least a snapshot where you can just install everything > > from CD/DVD. > > > > robert. > > > The big win for us (and many others) will come when freebsd-update picks it up. I assume that means it would have to make it into the errata or security patches for 8.0? Otherwise we'll only see it in 8.1. > > Ari FYI, this is now merged to 7/8 STABLE. robert. > > > -- Robert Noland FreeBSD