Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:27:52 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newfs_msdos and dvd-ram (fwsectors, fwheads) Message-ID: <889.1203600472@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:31:53 %2B0200." <47BD6F39.7080105@icyb.net.ua>
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In message <47BD6F39.7080105@icyb.net.ua>, Andriy Gapon writes: >on 17/02/2008 13:39 Andriy Gapon said the following: >I see two approaches: >1) fake those properties in device drivers, primarily cd(4) and acd(4); > benefit: this can help other utilities besides newfs_msdos No. The geom attributes are provided if they are available only. It is the responsibility of the application code to decide and handle their absence. >2) fake those properties in newfs_msdof; > benefit: this would help with other physical devices that can host > FAT; This is the way to do it, but it might make sense to make a library routine do it, to get consistent behaviour. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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