/boot/loader and RELENG_7 (WAS: gptzfsboot and RELENG_7)

[Dan Naumov]

Ah, so there is still a (small) piece of 8-CURRENT needed to have a
working 7-STABLE zfs boot configuration? I am getting really confused
now, if I add LOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT=yes to my /etc/make.conf, the
RELENG_7 system will be built with zfs boot support, but I still need
the actual /boot/loader from 8-CURRENT? Is that getting MFC'ed into
into RELENG_7 anytime soon?

Where are all make.conf options documented by the way? Neither
/usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf nor "man make.conf" make any
reference to the LOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT option.

- Dan Naumov




On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Alberto Villa<villa.alberto at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday 08 June 2009 17:44:40 Dan Naumov wrote:
>> Several posts made to this list AFTER the zfs v13 MFC to RELENG_7
>> indicated that even after that MFC, you still needed gptzfsboot from
>> 8-CURRENT to be able to boot from a full ZFS system. Is this not the
>> case? I have a 7.2-STABLE built on May 30 and I do not have gptzfsboot
>> in my /boot, only gptboot. I didn't make any changes to the stock
>> Makefiles and used GENERIC kernel config. Do I need to adjust some
>> options for gptzfsboot to get built?
>
> no, it's /boot/loader from 8-current which is needed (the one shared on this
> list works perfectly for me)
> to build your system with zfs boot support just add LOADER_ZFS_SUPPORT=yes
> to /etc/make.conf
> --
> Alberto Villa <villa.alberto at gmail.com>