Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 17:24:52 -0600 From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> To: freebsd-current Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Add isboot iSCSI boot driver to FreeBSD Message-ID: <3A0D5C24-16E3-424E-8B2C-5CB2240B0B88@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <A275982D-BECE-490B-B851-1C24000DBFAF@jnielsen.net> References: <56025EEE.50404@fizk.net> <5B296016-F14D-48A9-8DC6-0D8EA28AE891@jnielsen.net> <A275982D-BECE-490B-B851-1C24000DBFAF@jnielsen.net>
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On Sep 23, 2015, at 1:51 PM, John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> wrote: > On Sep 23, 2015, at 9:16 AM, John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> wrote: >=20 >> On Sep 23, 2015, at 2:12 AM, Yonas Yanfa <yonas@fizk.net> wrote: >>=20 >>> 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. >>=20 >> +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. >>=20 >> 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! >>=20 >> 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? >>=20 >> 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. >=20 > Proposed port here: > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D203294 Thanks Allan and Mehmet for noticing the existing BSD license which I = somehow overlooked in the source files. I have updated the PR above based on some feedback. Further testing = welcome. JN
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