From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Wed Sep 23 20:58:56 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 394ACA081C6 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 20:58:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x236.google.com (mail-io0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0650A1115; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 20:58:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: by ioiz6 with SMTP id z6so56140135ioi.2; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:58:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=yYstQ3x9/pC6XAotx6PDbTOQvPWaDwoZXw4uqhvifaM=; b=RXB/lVCGwJaNBg75IpsGjZhZ7AlvcfGYGWsgqmUYxl84oZJx2lgR9ua+ydxRtxW2RV t7n6PirAMt2hgb2S/zCYnj5ORR9NNjy20+LoIs9VoG/XjQhMl/2XtKUxQRa+GYPKmHuB Bo855hHHAhlXa9IJvqy83DWyjyrC44msbu/qwoTV9c16liLq2xdIJTsIi919QjG2F2V3 kRv1Dcwr7EPrpBjnCkUSwLbXxsTW9n8mM3+8YHXqE11/NzYDQqmPLsmGvrKjhcf0Zb9O pa/Gun4zgZBgh3TEeegS+8a7YvXF8GsGJM7SsZrxVI4AUBniWXNrUwoVxFLEmcVsANhQ g9RA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.10.79 with SMTP id u76mr39065046ioi.99.1443041935478; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:58:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.96.74 with HTTP; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:58:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5603071A.4090809@freebsd.org> References: <56025EEE.50404@fizk.net> <5B296016-F14D-48A9-8DC6-0D8EA28AE891@jnielsen.net> <5603071A.4090809@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:58:55 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Add isboot iSCSI boot driver to FreeBSD From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: Allan Jude Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 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 20:58:56 -0000 On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Allan Jude wrote: > On 2015-09-23 11:16, John Nielsen wrote: > > On Sep 23, 2015, at 2:12 AM, Yonas Yanfa wrote: > > > >> isboot is a iSCSI boot driver written by Daisuke Aoyama that allows yo= u > to boot your root partition using iSCSI. > > [,,,] > >> This was first announced way back in June, 2010: > >> > >> https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-scsi/2010-June/004425.html > >> > >> I've tested the current version (v0.2.10) and it works with FreeBSD > 10.2 booting a ZFS on root installation: > >> > >> http://www.peach.ne.jp/archives/isboot/isboot-0.2.10.tar.gz > >> > Yes , each file in the tar ball has BSD license at their beginning one by one . > >> 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-i= n. > > > > +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 Fr= eeBSD 10.x > so recently. I=E2=80=99ve also wondered why this is not part of FreeBSD b= y 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! > > > > It appears to already have a standard BSD2 license on it. > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > -- > Allan Jude > > Mehmet Erol Sanliturk