Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 07:22:55 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf NOTES files options src/sys/geom geom_gpt.c geom_mbr.c src/sys/sys gpt.h Message-ID: <20020529071953.D22842-100000@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20020528205834.568D7380A@overcee.wemm.org>
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On Tue, 28 May 2002, Peter Wemm wrote:
> Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> > Modified files:
> > sys/conf NOTES files options
> > sys/geom geom_mbr.c
> > Added files:
> > sys/geom geom_gpt.c
> > sys/sys gpt.h
> > Log:
> [..]
> > GPT_ENT_TYPE_FREEBSD
> > FreeBSD slice with disklabel. This is the equivalent of
> > the well-known FreeBSD MBR partition type.
> > GPT_ENT_TYPE_FREEBSD_{SWAP|UFS|UFS2|VINUM}
> > FreeBSD partitions in the context of disklabel. This is
> > speculating on the idea to use the GPT to hold partitions
> > instead if slices and removing the fixed (and low) limits
> > we have on the number of partitions.
>
> We really do not want to put a 32 bit LBA 8-partition disklabel inside a 64
> bit LBA partition layout with a max of 16384 partitions. :-)
Excellent. We can kill the disklabel and complications to manage layered
labels, and have only slices. I intended to deprecate labels but never
got around to it.
Bruce
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