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Date:      Sat, 31 Jul 2004 18:32:04 +0300
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@portaone.com>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: GEOM is too verbose
Message-ID:  <410BBB74.9010804@portaone.com>
In-Reply-To: <62768.1091287144@critter.freebsd.dk>
References:  <62768.1091287144@critter.freebsd.dk>

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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> In message <410BB699.3060803@portaone.com>, Maxim Sobolev writes:
> 
>>Hi Poul,
>>
>>I use application that detects size of disk using binary search. On 
>>current each attempt to read beyond disk boundary causes message on 
>>console, which is annoying. Can you please turn them off, since 
>>apparently they serve no meaningful purpose.
> 
> 
> Why don't you just use ioctl(DIOC_MEDIASIZE) ?
> 
> or the diskinfo(8) program ?

It is python program, so that ioctl() is out of question. Usage of 
diskinfo is possible but is not portable across different unices.

-Maxim



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