On Feb 17, 2009, at 12:27 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <F04BCAF6-2478-4724-A7E6-94BD43BE77DB_at_mac.com>, Marcel > Moolenaar wri > tes: > >>> We do not want arbitrary large binary blobs in the confxml >>> output. >> >> I'm not going to start a discussion on arbitrariness >> and largeness of bootcode. Instead, let me just ask: >> >> Do you have alternatives? > > Open the parent device, use read(2) to get it. > > You can always open an geom device for reading (subject > to filesystem permissions). For boot0cfg this is probably acceptable, because it only operates on MBRs. But as a generic solution this won't work. -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt_at_mac.comReceived on Tue Feb 17 2009 - 20:16:14 UTC
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