Re: stat for FreeBSD

[Andrey Shuvikov <mr_hyro@yahoo.com>]

--- On Thu, 4/9/09, Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org> wrote:
> From: Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org>
> Subject: Re: stat for FreeBSD
> To: "The development of GRUB 2" <grub-devel@gnu.org>
> Date: Thursday, April 9, 2009, 7:31 PM
> On Wednesday 08 April 2009 23:32:18
> Andrey Shuvikov wrote:
> > --- On Mon, 4/6/09, Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org>
> wrote:
> > > From: Yoshinori K. Okuji <okuji@enbug.org>
> > > Subject: Re: stat for FreeBSD
> > > To: "The development of GRUB 2" <grub-devel@gnu.org>
> > > Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 8:35 PM
> > > On Tuesday 07 April 2009 00:48:37
> > >
> > > Andrey Shuvikov wrote:
> > > > Here is the patch against the latest
> revision to make
> > >
> > > grub-probe working on
> > >
> > > > FreeBSD. It includes this ioctl call,
> FreeBSD device
> > >
> > > names parsing, and
> > >
> > > > accounts for the fact that disk drives are
> character
> > >
> > > devices under FreeBSD.
> > >
> > > Do you have an account on Savannah? I can have
> you to check
> > > it in yourself. ;)
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Okuji
> >
> > No I don't have an account. I was just trying to
> compile Grub2 under
> > FreeBSD. :-)
> 
> Ok, but if you are willing to maintain the FreeBSD port, I
> think it would be 
> convenient for you to have an account, otherwise you will
> have to wait for 
> someone else to pick up your patch and check it in instead
> of you all the 
> time. It's up to you.
> 

I'm an expert in neither FreeBSD nor Grub, I just wanted to dual-boot FreeBSD to play with it. :-) And frankly I don't know how much time I can devote to it. But I can try. I'm on vacation for the next two weeks anyway and if nobody picks up the patch until then I can check it in myself. What's involved in creating an account?

Thanks,
Andrey