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Port details
isboot-kmod-devel Kernel module enabling iSCSI/IBFT boot
0.2.16.b1 netnew! on this many watch lists=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout Package not present on quarterly.This port was created during this quarter. It will be in the next quarterly branch but not the current one.
Maintainer: john@jnielsen.net search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2025-10-05 13:48:18
Last Update: 2025-10-05 13:44:00
Commit Hash: 2bf895a
Also Listed In: kld
License: BSD2CLAUSE
WWW:
https://github.com/jnielsendotnet/isboot
Description:
This installs Daisuke Aoyama's isboot kernel module, which allows booting FreeBSD directly from an iSCSI root disk. If your BIOS supports iSCSI you may configure your target settings in the BIOS and boot directly. If not, you may PXE boot using software that contains iSCSI support such as iPXE. The module reads the iSCSI Boot Firmware Table (IBFT) to configure the network and re-attach the volume once the kernel begins execution.
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Manual pages:
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. /boot/modules/isboot.ko
  2. @kld /boot/modules
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/isboot-kmod-devel-0.2.16.b1.1403000/catalog.mk
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/isboot-kmod-devel-0.2.16.b1.1403000/LICENSE
  5. /usr/local/share/licenses/isboot-kmod-devel-0.2.16.b1.1403000/BSD2CLAUSE
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • isboot-kmod-devel>0:net/isboot-kmod-devel
Conflicts:
CONFLICTS_INSTALL:
  • isboot-kmod
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/net/isboot-kmod-devel/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install net/isboot-kmod-devel
  • pkg install isboot-kmod-devel
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: isboot-kmod-devel
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
ONLY_FOR_ARCHS: amd64 i386
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1758402182 SHA256 (jnielsendotnet-isboot-0.2.16-beta1_GH0.tar.gz) = ecede983d5cc0706c12f180132e9183a168790112234c38b26d19394228c123a SIZE (jnielsendotnet-isboot-0.2.16-beta1_GH0.tar.gz) = 31224

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
isboot-kmod-devel
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest-0.2.16.b1.1305000--0.2.16.b1.1305000n/an/an/a
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FreeBSD:14:latest-0.2.16.b1.1403000--0.2.16.b1.1403000---
FreeBSD:14:quarterly--------
FreeBSD:15:latest-0.2.16.b1.1500066n/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:15:quarterly--n/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:16:latest-0.2.16.b1.1600001n/a-n/an/a--
This port has no dependencies.
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for isboot-kmod-devel-0.2.16.b1.1403000: DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation VIMAGE=on: Build for a kernel with 'options VIMAGE' ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
net_isboot-kmod-devel
USES:
kmod uidfix
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Master Sites:
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/jnielsendotnet/isboot/tar.gz/0.2.16-beta1?dummy=/
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Number of commits found: 1

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
0.2.16.b1
05 Oct 2025 13:44:00
commit hash: 2bf895a027d0b1797b931205d36e099ca68d2f13commit hash: 2bf895a027d0b1797b931205d36e099ca68d2f13commit hash: 2bf895a027d0b1797b931205d36e099ca68d2f13commit hash: 2bf895a027d0b1797b931205d36e099ca68d2f13 files touched by this commit
Robert Clausecker (fuz) search for other commits by this committer
Author: John Nielsen
net/isboot-kmod-devel: beta version of net/isboot-kmod

This installs Daisuke Aoyama's isboot kernel module, which allows
booting FreeBSD directly from an iSCSI root disk. If your BIOS
supports iSCSI you may configure your target settings in the BIOS
and boot directly. If not, you may PXE boot using software that
contains iSCSI support such as iPXE. The module reads the iSCSI
Boot Firmware Table (IBFT) to configure the network and re-attach
the volume once the kernel begins execution.

PR:		289730

Number of commits found: 1