Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:42:01 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Robert Noland <rnoland@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Build a separate ZFS-enabled loader.zfs Message-ID: <200911230842.01788.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <1258914452.2344.18.camel@balrog.2hip.net> References: <200911171017.58140.jhb@freebsd.org> <1258914452.2344.18.camel@balrog.2hip.net>
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On Sunday 22 November 2009 1:27:32 pm Robert Noland wrote: > On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 10:17 -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > > This patch is a workaround to enabling ZFS support by default in the boot > > loader. It enables building a loader.zfs which is a ZFS-enabled loader and > > changing zfsboot and gptzfsboot to use /boot/loader.zfs instead > > of /boot/loader. I have only tested that things built ok, I have not > > boot-tested it as I don't have ZFS setup anywhere. The patch is available at > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/loader.zfs/. You will also need to copy > > the 'loader.zfs/Makefile' file from that URL into a new > > sys/boot/i386/loader.zfs directory after applying the patch. > > Ok, I made a few changes, but this is tested and working for zfs. I > opted to change the loader name to zfsloader, since we tend to prefix > rather than suffix boot/loader bits and I thought that loader.zfs.old > looked ugly. The following should be a complete patch against -CURRENT. > Note that you do need to reinstall bootcode (zfsboot/gptzfsboot) for > this to boot the correct loader. > > http://people.freebsd.org/~rnoland/0001-Create-a-seperate-zfs-enabled-loader.patch > > robert. Looks ok to me, commit! -- John Baldwin
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