Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:14:39 +0000 From: krad <kraduk@googlemail.com> To: Nikolay Denev <ndenev@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Aristedes Maniatis <ari@ish.com.au> Subject: Re: request: LOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT Message-ID: <d36406630911170114n20fd87b7jfd3fa383048f6d2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7DD81D94-82BF-455B-B472-4A7D97830AB0@gmail.com> References: <4B023061.7070203@ish.com.au> <DE05158C-A977-4564-B7F5-431F8841F853@gmail.com> <4B025136.3060809@ish.com.au> <7DD81D94-82BF-455B-B472-4A7D97830AB0@gmail.com>
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2009/11/17 Nikolay Denev <ndenev@gmail.com> > 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. > > > > > > 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). > > > > Ari Maniatis > > > > -- > > --------------------------> > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > its the loader thats the issue Nikolay not the kernel modules
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