From owner-svn-src-projects@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 14 19:07:48 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-projects@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C06D99D; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:07:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from agogare.doit.wisc.edu (agogare.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45C0F91; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:07:48 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0MGM00L0IQGZIM00@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:07:47 -0600 (CST) Received: from wanderer.tachypleus.net (c-24-63-204-107.hsd1.ct.comcast.net [24.63.204.107]) by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0MGM00JBEQGWQV10@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:07:46 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:07:44 -0800 From: Nathan Whitehorn Subject: Re: svn commit: r245399 - projects/altix2/sys/geom/part In-reply-to: Sender: whitehorn@wisc.edu To: Marcel Moolenaar Message-id: <50F45780.4000505@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=24.63.204.107 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-14, Version=5.6.1.2065439, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2013.1.14.185716, SenderIP=24.63.204.107 References: <201301132336.r0DNaLb7038996@svn.freebsd.org> <50F34A2B.3080202@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130112 Thunderbird/17.0.2 Cc: svn-src-projects@freebsd.org, "src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG" X-BeenThere: svn-src-projects@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the src " projects" tree" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:07:48 -0000 On 01/13/13 20:34, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > On Jan 13, 2013, at 3:58 PM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > >> Why not make this a GEOM flag? > > It just needs to work. It's unreasonable to put the burden > on users/operators. It took me a long time to figure out > why 1) EFI didn't see the partitions, and 2) EFI wouldn't > mount the FAT32 file system. > > The first was the result of the active flag being set -- > go figure. The second was the result of the partition not > being aligned to a track boundary -- which is interesting > in light of all the claims and statements about geometry > being a thing of the past and totally irrelevant... > > I at least have the advantage of knowing the code and > knowing what changes I could try to make it work -- it's > not the same for mere end-users. They'll be stuck and as > such look for a solution in other OSes. > Sounds reasonable. Thanks for the explanation! It might be nice to still have a flag to override the default setting on a per-device basis for power users who know they want a particular behavior, but it's not a big deal. -Nathan