Re: getroot for ZFS without libzfs?

[Seth Goldberg]

Hi,

  Have you tested this with phcoder's experimental zfs branch that has 
mirroring support?  What is the device node list used for? To list devices that 
each need grub installed, or for something else?

  --S

On Oct 15, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Robert Millan <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Please test / comment on proof-of-concept attached patch, it gets rid
> of libzfs dependency in GRUB.
> 
> The approach is to implement a disk abstraction, like LVM does, but in
> this case a very simple one (passthrough).  Then grub-probe et al can
> obtain their information from this abstraction layer like they
> currently do with LVM or mdRAID, but they don't need the device node
> list anymore (since it's filled with a full scan, as with LVM).
> 
> -- 
> Robert Millan
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