Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:54:12 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: Jeremy Lea <reg@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r190182 - head Message-ID: <9bbcef730903201554x773f46bdy890c8ab48760dce2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090320221211.GA5205@flint.openpave.org> References: <200903202151.n2KLpRMB014702@svn.freebsd.org> <20090320221211.GA5205@flint.openpave.org>
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2009/3/20 Jeremy Lea <reg@freebsd.org>: > Hi, > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 09:51:27PM +0000, Ivan Voras wrote: >> +20090320: >> + GEOM_PART has become the default partition slicer for storage devices, >> + replacing GEOM_MBR, GEOM_BSD, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_GPT slicers. It >> + introduces some changes: the devices created from MSDOS extended >> + partition entries (EBR) can be named differently than with GEOM_MBR >> + and are now symlinks to devices with offset-based names, and kernel >> + dumps are now not allowed to be written to devices whose partition >> + types indicate they are meant to be used for file systems. >> + > > This should probably also note the issue with stale disklabels from old > DD mode disks, which causes the machine to be unbootable. It should > also mention the "geometry does not match label (255h,63s != 16h,63s)" > message (which appears to be harmless), and it should also probably > mention that the c partition now covers the entire disk, not just the > "DOS partition"... And it should be noted that these changes took place > in Decemeber, so that people have a better chance of knowing if they are > going to be bitten. Ok. Should I re-sort the note into December (probably not since it mentions development from a large period) or just mention it in text? @Marcel: is the warning important (I didn't encounter it yet; I guess it probably a quirk of UFS?) and is the "c" change intended? (isn't it time to abandon the special case of "c"?)
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