Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:56:42 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Christian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bootloader installation Message-ID: <48EBCD0A.9000807@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20081007194308.GA1268@haakonia.hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.DE> References: <1223393073.15248.151.camel@horst-tla> <48EB821B.80503@freebsd.org> <20081007194308.GA1268@haakonia.hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
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Christian Brueffer wrote: >> >> We really need to make installation work better. Can we include a port >> of Apple's HFS implementation in base? I know APSL1 was impossible, but >> are there any thoughts on APSL2 now? Having HFS support should also be >> valuable on x86 with more people dual-booting FreeBSD/OS X now. >> >> I suppose that writing a simple write-only HFS implementation should not >> be too hard, either. Maybe this could be hooked into gpart bootcode? >> -Nathan >> _______________________________________________ >> > > Take a look at http://people.freebsd.org/~yar for an old hfs port from > the 5.x days. Unfortunately it never made it into the base system, > maybe someone here would like to pick it up? > I used that on 5.3. It worked great. But the HFS code, the license, and the VFS layer have all changed a lot since then. I think it would be best to restart it from scratch. I asked about the license because the APSL was why it never made it into the tree in the first place. -Nathan
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