> > > > The major number passed to the kernel is a product of a lot of > > > guesswork, because the loader has simply not enough information. I > > > have added a bit of code to my version of loader so you can use the > > > variable root_device_major_number to override the major number to be > > > passed to the kernel. I'm inclined to commit it, but I expect strong > > > objections from Mike, who wants the right thing done before we go > > > too far with these hacks. > > > > Correct. > > > > I'm currently leaning heavily towards a tunable which can be set to > > explicitly control the device the root filesystem is loaded from, eg. > > > > set kern.rootdev.device=da0s1a > > How hard would it be to have /boot/loader get the major number from the > filesystem itself? Just have it read the node entry for /dev/$rootdev > (or similiar).
This doesn't solve the BIOS : FreeBSD unit numbering problem, unfortunately, and it would make moving from one driver to another very difficult (you'd have to override the search). It's a neat idea and one I hadn't thought of, but it doesn't solve enough of the problem. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ m...@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msm...@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msm...@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
