Hi!
Please consider:
2006-04-20 Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fixes for kernel of FreeBSD:
* grub/asmstub.c (get_diskinfo): Toggle "kern.geom.debugflags" sysctl
before opening a device for writing.
* util/grub-install.in: Devices don't have this "r" prefix anymore.
--
Robert Millan
2006-04-20 Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fixes for kernel of FreeBSD:
* grub/asmstub.c (get_diskinfo): Toggle "kern.geom.debugflags" sysctl
before opening a device for writing.
* util/grub-install.in: Devices don't have this "r" prefix anymore.
Index: grub/asmstub.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/grub/grub/grub/asmstub.c,v
retrieving revision 1.84
diff -u -r1.84 asmstub.c
--- grub/asmstub.c 16 Feb 2005 20:45:48 -0000 1.84
+++ grub/asmstub.c 20 Apr 2006 12:10:51 -0000
@@ -777,7 +777,34 @@
/* Open read/write, or read-only if that failed. */
if (! read_only)
- disks[drive].flags = open (devname, O_RDWR);
+ {
+/* By default, kernel of FreeBSD does not allow overwriting MBR */
+#ifdef __FreeBSD_kernel__
+#define GEOM_SYSCTL "kern.geom.debugflags"
+ int old_flags, flags;
+ size_t sizeof_int = sizeof (int);
+
+ if (sysctlbyname (GEOM_SYSCTL, &old_flags, &sizeof_int, NULL, 0) != 0)
+ grub_printf ("failed to get " GEOM_SYSCTL "sysctl: %s\n", strerror
(errno));
+
+ if ((old_flags & 0x10) == 0)
+ {
+ /* "allow foot shooting", see geom(4) */
+ flags = old_flags | 0x10;
+
+ if (sysctlbyname (GEOM_SYSCTL, NULL, NULL, &flags, sizeof (int))
!= 0)
+ grub_printf ("failed to set " GEOM_SYSCTL "sysctl: %s\n",
strerror (errno));
+ }
+#endif
+ disks[drive].flags = open (devname, O_RDWR);
+#ifdef __FreeBSD_kernel__
+ if (flags != old_flags)
+ {
+ if (sysctlbyname (GEOM_SYSCTL, NULL, NULL, &old_flags, sizeof
(int)) != 0)
+ grub_printf ("failed to set " GEOM_SYSCTL "sysctl: %s\n",
strerror (errno));
+ }
+#endif
+ }
if (disks[drive].flags == -1)
{
Index: util/grub-install.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/grub/grub/util/grub-install.in,v
retrieving revision 1.48
diff -u -r1.48 grub-install.in
--- util/grub-install.in 20 Jul 2004 19:30:24 -0000 1.48
+++ util/grub-install.in 20 Apr 2006 12:10:51 -0000
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@
tmp_disk=`echo "$1" | sed 's%\([sh]d[0-9]*\).*%\1%'`
tmp_part=`echo "$1" | sed "s%$tmp_disk%%"` ;;
freebsd* | kfreebsd*-gnu)
- tmp_disk=`echo "$1" | sed 's%r\{0,1\}\([saw]d[0-9]*\).*$%r\1%' \
- | sed 's%r\{0,1\}\(da[0-9]*\).*$%r\1%'`
+ tmp_disk=`echo "$1" | sed 's%r\{0,1\}\([saw]d[0-9]*\).*$%\1%' \
+ | sed 's%r\{0,1\}\(da[0-9]*\).*$%\1%'`
tmp_part=`echo "$1" \
| sed "s%.*/r\{0,1\}[saw]d[0-9]\(s[0-9]*[a-h]\)%\1%" \
| sed "s%.*/r\{0,1\}da[0-9]\(s[0-9]*[a-h]\)%\1%"`
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