From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Wed Sep 23 15:17:12 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41A08A07AF9 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 15:17:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from webmail2.jnielsen.net (webmail2.jnielsen.net [50.114.224.20]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "webmail2.jnielsen.net", Issuer "freebsdsolutions.net" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E0A0D1A0E; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 15:17:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from [192.168.2.46] (stealth-vpn.jnlocal [10.3.5.3]) (authenticated bits=0) by webmail2.jnielsen.net (8.15.1/8.15.1) with ESMTPSA id t8NFGuVr074428 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:17:00 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) X-Authentication-Warning: webmail2.jnielsen.net: Host stealth-vpn.jnlocal [10.3.5.3] claimed to be [192.168.2.46] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2104\)) Subject: Re: Add isboot iSCSI boot driver to FreeBSD From: John Nielsen In-Reply-To: <56025EEE.50404@fizk.net> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:16:57 -0600 Cc: aoyama@peach.ne.jp, =?utf-8?Q?Edward_Tomasz_Napiera=C5=82a?= , Yonas Yanfa Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <5B296016-F14D-48A9-8DC6-0D8EA28AE891@jnielsen.net> References: <56025EEE.50404@fizk.net> To: freebsd-current Current X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2104) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 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: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 15:17:12 -0000 On Sep 23, 2015, at 2:12 AM, Yonas Yanfa wrote: > isboot is a iSCSI boot driver written by Daisuke Aoyama that allows = you to boot your root partition using iSCSI. [,,,] > This was first announced way back in June, 2010: >=20 > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-scsi/2010-June/004425.html >=20 > I've tested the current version (v0.2.10) and it works with FreeBSD = 10.2 booting a ZFS on root installation: >=20 > http://www.peach.ne.jp/archives/isboot/isboot-0.2.10.tar.gz >=20 > I've used iSCSI boot with Ubuntu Server for a while and it's been very = useful. I'm looking forward to FreeBSD having the same capability = built-in. +1. I have used this module in the past and it is extremely useful. = Thanks for the pointer, I wasn=E2=80=99t aware it had been updated for = FreeBSD 10.x so recently. I=E2=80=99ve also wondered why this is not = part of FreeBSD by default. Aoyama-san, do you have any objection to this code being included in = FreeBSD? If not, can you formally assign it a BSD or other friendly = license? Thank you again for the work! Trasz (or anyone), is there other work to support iSCSI booting and/or = IBFT on FreeBSD? Anything else isboot might conflict with? Any problems = with integrating the code or with the code itself? In the mean time, I=E2=80=99m going to work on adding an isboot port to = the tree to further ease installation and increase exposure. JN