Re: getroot for ZFS without libzfs?

[Seth Goldberg]

Hi again,

  Also: can we please retain the liners usage for those platforms that actually 
have it and that would rather use it?  I can certainly understand the desire to 
eliminate it for platforms that don't have or don't want to port it, but 
eliminating it from all platforms is overkill.

  Thanks,
  --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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