From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 20:11:22 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9F941065672; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:11:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (bigknife-pt.tunnel.tserv9.chi1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f10:75::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B09D8FC12; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:11:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost.corp.yahoo.com (john@localhost [IPv6:::1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id mAJKB3bE052213; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:11:16 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: Doug Rabson Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:56:57 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200811191639.mAJGd1A0022327@svn.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200811191639.mAJGd1A0022327@svn.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200811191456.57735.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [IPv6:::1]); Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:11:16 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93.1/8650/Tue Nov 18 23:59:50 2008 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=4.2 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r185096 - in head/sys/boot: i386 i386/gptzfsboot i386/zfsboot zfs X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:11:23 -0000 On Wednesday 19 November 2008 11:39:01 am Doug Rabson wrote: > Author: dfr > Date: Wed Nov 19 16:39:01 2008 > New Revision: 185096 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/185096 > > Log: > Add a GPT-aware variant of zfsboot which should be used in a similar manner > to gptboot, i.e. installed in a freebsd-boot partition using /sbin/gpart or > /sbin/gpt. > > Tweak the /boot/loader ZFS support so that it can find ZFS pools that are > contained in GPT partitions. This is very cool! What I would actually like to do if possible is to make /boot/gptboot handle both UFS and ZFS (it can key off the UUIDs) so we only need a single bootstrap for GPT for both filesystems. We have a relatively large amount of room for gptboot (we could easily do 128k if needbe) and I'd like to take advantage of that to make the user experience simpler. -- John Baldwin