Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 17:26:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Emiel Kollof <coolvibe@hackerheaven.org>, Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, n0go013 <ttz@blahdeblah.demon.co.uk>, current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: [ GEOM tests ] disklabel warnings and vinum drives lost Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0210041723420.17529-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1021004201933.64999K-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Robert Watson wrote: > On the general topic of access to devices before a root has been found, > Maxime Henrion <mux@FreeBSD.org> has done some interesting work on > 'rootfs', a pseudofs used to bootstrap support for devfs, etc. In such an > environment, Vinum and other consumers of devices would be able to rely on > devfs access prior to the "real root" mount process. I'm not sure which > pivotroot-like trick he's using, or whether he's doing the union thing to > do the root re-mount. Presumably he has to be careful not to deadfs the > devfs nodes in place before the real root turns up, etc. The original devfs supported access from within the kernel before mounting root and devfs.. It's not rocket science. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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