Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 12:15:04 -0500 From: Ben Kaduk <minimarmot@gmail.com> To: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <ae@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r219573 - head/sbin/geom/class/part Message-ID: <AANLkTikEDBESCfPyRcYJO3-PX%2BP4jC5wHtoHWV_k_Mov@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201103121705.p2CH5IPs025002@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201103121705.p2CH5IPs025002@svn.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Andrey V. Elsukov <ae@freebsd.org> wrote: > Author: ae > Date: Sat Mar 12 17:05:18 2011 > New Revision: 219573 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/219573 > > Log: > Document GEOM_PART_EBR_COMPAT option. > > MFC after: 2 weeks > > Modified: > head/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 > > Modified: head/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 > ============================================================================== > --- head/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 Sat Mar 12 17:03:41 2011 (r219572) > +++ head/sbin/geom/class/part/gpart.8 Sat Mar 12 17:05:18 2011 (r219573) > @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ > .\" > .\" $FreeBSD$ > .\" > -.Dd March 9, 2011 > +.Dd March 12, 2011 > .Dt GPART 8 > .Os > .Sh NAME > @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ lines in your kernel configuration file: > .Cd "options GEOM_PART_APM" > .Cd "options GEOM_PART_BSD" > .Cd "options GEOM_PART_EBR" > +.Cd "options GEOM_PART_EBR_COMPAT" > .Cd "options GEOM_PART_GPT" > .Cd "options GEOM_PART_MBR" > .Cd "options GEOM_PART_PC98" > @@ -58,6 +59,11 @@ The > option adds support for the Extended Boot Record (EBR), > which is used to define a logical partition. > The > +.Dv GEOM_PART_EBR_COMPAT > +option enables the backward compatibility for the partition names I think just "enables backward compatibility" is more standard English usage. Not knowing much about the EBR scheme, I would also guess that "for partition names in the EBR scheme" is what is intended here, but that would be something of a guess. > +of the EBR scheme. Also it makes impossible any types of actions > +with such partitions. Judging by, e.g. r216755 of g_part_ebr.c, it seems that the sense of "impossible" is reversed. I think "It also allows such partitions to be modified" might be what is intended? -Ben Kaduk > +The > .Dv GEOM_PART_GPT > option adds support for the GUID Partition Table (GPT) > found on Intel Itanium computers and Intel-based Macintosh computers.
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