Add bootpath into Solaris Sparc BootArchive for iSCSI boot [PSARC/2009/480 Self Review]

[Darren J Moffat]

Jack Meng wrote:
> 1. Store the bootpath in firmware (OBP).
> 
> Details:
> This approach needs to create a dedicated option value in OBP space to 
> store the bootpath,
> and then let Solaris kernel read it during booting.
> 
> ISSUES:
> Negative opinion is received from firmware team for the bootpath of an 
> iSCSI disk is a Solaris
> specific property (not per IEEE 1275), and firmware shouldn't maintain 
> OS-dependent
> properties.

OBP already stores Solaris specific properties and has Sun system and 
Solaris specific code and properties [at the very least for WAN boot but 
there was E10k specific stuff there too in the past and I'm sure there 
is more].  So I really don't see why this is an issue. It reads to me 
like it can be done but someone doesn't want to do it that way, is that 
correct ?  Or is there a technical reason why it can't be done ?

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Darren J Moffat