From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 31 16:01:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82BB71065673 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:01:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout013.mac.com (asmtpout013.mac.com [17.148.16.88]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C4F48FC17 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:01:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Received: from MacBook-Pro.lan.xcllnt.net (mail.xcllnt.net [75.101.29.67]) by asmtp013.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0KHD00E8TOHJVE50@asmtp013.mac.com> for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:00:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-id: <60084D1E-9F64-463A-A8E9-7A237D5C7661@mac.com> From: Marcel Moolenaar To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de In-reply-to: <20090331155542.74d89d64@ernst.jennejohn.org> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:00:55 -0700 References: <95891.1238477069@critter.freebsd.dk> <20090331133132.1e191836@ernst.jennejohn.org> <20090331155542.74d89d64@ernst.jennejohn.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removal of GEOM_BSD, GEOM_MBR, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_SUNLABEL X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:01:04 -0000 On Mar 31, 2009, at 6:55 AM, Gary Jennejohn wrote: >>> >>> I have some disks which were partitioned before GEOM or gpart even >>> existed. If this means that I can't use them any more I'll be very >>> ticked off. >> >> No, the question is which GEOM class to use to parse the partition >> table :) >> >> gpart is new, shiny, but with some rough edges (most of which have >> been >> polished by now), GEOM_xxx were the old classes. 8-CURRENT doesn't >> use >> the old classes but they are still there if anyone needs them. >> > > Well, that would be OK then, as long as I can still _use_ the old > classes > after the removal of the various GEOM_XXX options. Why do you want to use the old classes when gpart can be used? BTW: it was my intention to remove the source files along with the options. So you wouldn't be able to use the old classes. FYI, -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com