Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:27:52 +0800 From: LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net> To: Joao Barros <joao.barros@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ZFS: amd64, devd, root file system. Message-ID: <461B0438.8010602@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <70e8236f0704090808y5d305175wdc3cee5be1a26a9@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070409011723.GB74547@garage.freebsd.pl> <20070409094319.GB76673@garage.freebsd.pl> <70e8236f0704090808y5d305175wdc3cee5be1a26a9@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Joao Barros wrote: > I was looking at how Solaris got support for booting off ZFS and the > patch to GRUB to support it. > Is it feasible for FreeBSD's boot loader? What would be the main > issue: technical or licensing? I think it's about licensing, i.e. the FreeBSD loader has to be free of licenses that does not allow others to freely redistribute, at very least, it must be able to work without such code, and does not link against these code by default. Cheers, -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGGwQ4OfuToMruuMARCii9AJ0cM07+60RpO04ULbW41Nry2uX64wCggkZ1 Z104487f4s1r/3SDNxHzolE= =aAFn -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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