[CFT] Kernel-Selection Enhancemnt to Boot Menu

[Teske, Devin]

On Nov 2, 2013, at 8:27 PM, Artem Belevich wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Teske, Devin <Devin.Teske at fisglobal.com> wrote:
>>> where are the forth files in question?
>>> 
>> 
>> D'Oh!
>> 
>> Here they are:
>> 
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://druidbsd.cvs.sf.net/viewvc/druidbsd/forth_zfs/&k=%2FbkpAUdJWZuiTILCq%2FFnQg%3D%3D%0A&r=LTzUWWrRnz2iN3PtHDubWRSAh9itVJ%2BMUcNBCQ4tyeo%3D%0A&m=LikaP7fhAuWFwcCB34idLlWshVBNdWkfLMLvZ5MEnX8%3D%0A&s=3d2d4cfda3daa8bd25f165bb1622cf30975b89ae1bbcaea301da0b8e2f5b00f8
>> 
>> Supplied as patches to either stable/9 or head.
>> --
>> Devin
> 
> Thanks for the patches. Tried on stable/9 and they worked great for me.
> Do you have anything similar to select boot environment as well?
> 

You're right to assume that these patches are actually an incremental step
in that direction (that is to say, that it's silly to load a kernel before the menu
if the menu will allow you to select an ad hoc root device).

So indeed, the next step is to allow selecting your root device (be it a ZFS
snapshot or alternate root for whatever purpose).

I've been giving some thought to this one... and I'm actually thinking about
writing this one as an FICL call-out (that is to say, written in the C code of
the loader which is then invoked by the Forth code).

I have already done mockups for this, but it will take some time before you
see a worthy patchset (think 10.1).
-- 
Devin

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