https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235388
Bug ID: 235388 Summary: gptzfsboot does not boot ZFS pool made from whole disks (regression), part two Product: Base System Version: CURRENT Hardware: amd64 OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: kern Assignee: b...@freebsd.org Reporter: reto.haeup...@infinox.ch This bug report is related to bug #235380 and #220105, this is intentional and no duplicate. I used to boot zfs on whole disk(s) from a USB stick with a GPT partition scheme and gptzfsboot on it since FreeBSD version 9 on many testing machines and even production servers without any problems. With the current code base this feature is broken. I found the reason in the source code: In the file /head/stand/libsa/zfs/zfs.c the feature was disabled in the revisions base r342151 and base r342161. In r342151 disabled to ability to boot zfs from wholes disks. In r342161 is was refined for the UEFI case. I completely disagree with the reasoning in the commit comment of base r342151 and the comment in the source code. As I said in the introduction to this ticket I use and rely on this feature since many years. Furthermore I do not know many systems able to boot zfs from whole disks. FreeBSD is/was one of them. I think we should not give away this precious feature. I propose the following: - Revert base r342151 and base r342161 - Discuss whether the FreeBSD community should give away the feature of booting zfs from whole disks. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. _______________________________________________ freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-bugs-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"