Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 05:12:03 -0500 From: Jake Burkholder <jake@locore.ca> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc.diskless1 Message-ID: <20021221051202.A19933@locore.ca> In-Reply-To: <200212210030.gBL0U8mj092252@repoman.freebsd.org>; from dillon@FreeBSD.org on Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 04:30:08PM -0800 References: <200212210030.gBL0U8mj092252@repoman.freebsd.org>
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Apparently, On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 04:30:08PM -0800,
Matt Dillon said words to the effect of;
> dillon 2002/12/20 16:30:08 PST
>
> Modified files:
> etc rc.diskless1
> Log:
> Revamp the way rc.diskless1 creates and populates memory filesystems. Make
> the whole thing generic. That is, /conf/base, /conf/default,
> /conf/${ipba}, and /conf/${ip} are all handled the same way.
>
> Introduce an NFS remounting feature via the /conf/base/<dir>/diskless_remount
> so you can avoid dup'ing system directories in /conf (described in rc file).
>
> Introduce a memory filesystem sizing feature via the /conf/base/<dir>/md_size
> file that allows you to override the default memory filesystem size.
>
> Introduce a file containing relative paths to remove for each memory filesystem
> directory as /conf/base/<dirname>.remove.
>
> Make the cpio feature more generic (applies to any filesystem) (aka
> /conf/base/<dirname>.cpio.gz).
>
> Allow any root directories to be created as a memory filesystem via the
> /conf/*/* mechanism.
>
> Replace the copyright notice with a reference to the COPYRIGHT file and
> do other cleanups.
>
> (documentation and man page updates to follow).
Do you intend to make these changes in the rcng scripts in etc/rc.d as well?
rcng is the default in -current so I can't see this getting much testing.
Jake
>
> MFC after: 3 days
>
> Revision Changes Path
> 1.18 +152 -72 src/etc/rc.diskless1
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