Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:59:05 +1100 From: Aristedes Maniatis <ari@ish.com.au> To: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Edho P Arief <edhoprima@gmail.com>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Build a separate ZFS-enabled loader.zfs Message-ID: <4B1318D9.5030405@ish.com.au> In-Reply-To: <1259431521.2315.16.camel@balrog.2hip.net> References: <200911171017.58140.jhb@freebsd.org> <1258914452.2344.18.camel@balrog.2hip.net> <200911230842.01788.jhb@freebsd.org> <a3780c060911271829p1b963b60re7ffcedec032ff34@mail.gmail.com> <1259431521.2315.16.camel@balrog.2hip.net>
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On 29/11/09 5:05 AM, Robert Noland wrote: > On Sat, 2009-11-28 at 09:29 +0700, Edho P Arief wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 8:42 PM, John Baldwin<jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> On Sunday 22 November 2009 1:27:32 pm Robert Noland wrote: >>>> On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 10:17 -0500, John Baldwin wrote: >>>> >>>> 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! >>> >> >> will this merged back to 8.0-stable? > > I plan on it, but the big win won't come until it makes it into a > release or at least a snapshot where you can just install everything > from CD/DVD. > > robert. The big win for us (and many others) will come when freebsd-update picks it up. I assume that means it would have to make it into the errata or security patches for 8.0? Otherwise we'll only see it in 8.1. Ari -- --------------------------> ish http://www.ish.com.au Level 1, 30 Wilson Street Newtown 2042 Australia phone +61 2 9550 5001 fax +61 2 9550 4001 GPG fingerprint CBFB 84B4 738D 4E87 5E5C 5EFA EF6A 7D2E 3E49 102A
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