Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > OK, I load the kernel from the JFS. I mount the root FS, which > > is a JFS. I read the module "jfs.ko" from the JFS so that I can > > mount the root FS, which is a JFS, so I can read the module "jfs.ko" > > from the JFS so that I can mount the root FS, which is a JFS, so I > > can read the module "jfs.ko" from the JFS so that I can mount the > > root FS, which is a JFS, so I can... > > > > Do you see the problem yet? > > Libstand (and hence the loader) could be extended to allow reading > files from jfs without using any GPL'ed code. For example our loader > can load modules from the FAT even though we do not have any M$ code. > :) Alternatively, /boot could be placed on separate filesystem, which > could be ufs or anything else supported by the loader.
Patches appreciated. Note that if you do a read-only JFS, you are more than half way there to a n0n-GPL'ed implementation, so you might as well finish it off, instead of porting the IBM code. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
