Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:12:19 -0400 From: Adam McDougall <mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu> To: Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Alberto Villa <villa.alberto@gmail.com> Subject: Re: /boot/loader and RELENG_7 (WAS: gptzfsboot and RELENG_7) Message-ID: <4A2D5483.2080004@egr.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <cf9b1ee00906081005y6c27d7faw7b7541930e82c265@mail.gmail.com>
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Dan Naumov wrote: > Ah, so there is still a (small) piece of 8-CURRENT needed to have a > working 7-STABLE zfs boot configuration? I am getting really confused > now, if I add LOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT=yes to my /etc/make.conf, the > RELENG_7 system will be built with zfs boot support, but I still need > the actual /boot/loader from 8-CURRENT? Is that getting MFC'ed into > into RELENG_7 anytime soon? > > Where are all make.conf options documented by the way? Neither > /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf nor "man make.conf" make any > reference to the LOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT option. > > - Dan Naumov > > > ZFS booting without partitions > See the last emails in the thread "ZFS booting without partitions", it has a patch which makes the -stable loader work (some changes that didn't get merged to -stable). I think only the change from 8 to 64 is all thats needed but I applied the whole patch when I tested it. Also, yes LOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT causes gptzfsboot to be compiled as well as add ZFS support to loader (and other stuff). It may not have been documented (I didn't check).home | help
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