Add SUM sysctl
John Baldwin
jhb at freebsd.org
Mon Apr 18 16:56:28 UTC 2011
On Saturday, April 16, 2011 10:24:44 am rank1seeker at gmail.com wrote:
> After compilation of kernel and world in MUM, kernel is installed in MUM,
> but to install world, we reboot into SUM, then install world. (HANDBOOK)
> Now, in case of GELI usage AND if upgrading is taking place, i.e; 8.2 ->
> 8.3, once you reboot into SUM to install world, you are doomed, BECAUSE
> ...
> Kernel will bitch (GELI part), about world->kernel mismatch and you won't
> be able to install world as you cant decrypt geom providers!!
> The only way to save yourself in that case is to restore /boot/kernel.old,
> or one is doomed.
This seems broken to me. An 8.3 kernel+modules should be able to handle GELI
devices with an 8.2 world. If they can't, it means someone broke the ABI.
Even a 9.0 kernel should work fine with an 8.x-stable world.
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John Baldwin
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