From owner-dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Sun Mar 28 18:53:29 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: dev-commits-src-main@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E47725AA04B; Sun, 28 Mar 2021 18:53:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F7lGd67YBz3DX5; Sun, 28 Mar 2021 18:53:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org (gitrepo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:5]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C52C124CF5; Sun, 28 Mar 2021 18:53:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.44]) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTP id 12SIrT6J047797; Sun, 28 Mar 2021 18:53:29 GMT (envelope-from git@gitrepo.freebsd.org) Received: (from git@localhost) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.16.1/8.16.1/Submit) id 12SIrTqV047796; Sun, 28 Mar 2021 18:53:29 GMT (envelope-from git) Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 18:53:29 GMT Message-Id: <202103281853.12SIrTqV047796@gitrepo.freebsd.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org From: Ed Maste Subject: git: b218441ac074 - main - gvinum: add deprecation notice MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: emaste X-Git-Repository: src X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/main X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: b218441ac074d9cb9417e284980bf87f79a89585 Auto-Submitted: auto-generated X-BeenThere: dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Commit messages for the main branch of the src repository List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 18:53:30 -0000 The branch main has been updated by emaste: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=b218441ac074d9cb9417e284980bf87f79a89585 commit b218441ac074d9cb9417e284980bf87f79a89585 Author: Ed Maste AuthorDate: 2021-03-26 15:26:22 +0000 Commit: Ed Maste CommitDate: 2021-03-28 18:45:05 +0000 gvinum: add deprecation notice Vinum is a Logical Volume Manager that was introduced in FreeBSD 3.0, and for FreeBSD 5 was ported to geom(4) as gvinum. gvinum has had no specific development at least as far back as 2010, and has a number of known bugs which are unlikely to be resolved. Add a deprecation notice to raise awareness but state that vinum "may not be" available in FreeBSD 14. Either it will be removed and the notice will be updated to "is not" available, or someone will step up to fix issues and maintain it and we will remove the notice. Reviewed by: imp (earlier version) MFC after: 3 days Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D29424 --- sbin/gvinum/gvinum.8 | 18 +++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sbin/gvinum/gvinum.8 b/sbin/gvinum/gvinum.8 index 950a0188946f..a8135e9bf4a2 100644 --- a/sbin/gvinum/gvinum.8 +++ b/sbin/gvinum/gvinum.8 @@ -28,12 +28,28 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 6, 2014 +.Dd March 28, 2021 .Dt GVINUM 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm gvinum .Nd Logical Volume Manager control program +.Sh DEPRECATION NOTICE +.Nm +and associated +.Xr geom 4 +kernel support is deprecated, and may not be available in +.Fx 14.0 +and later. +Users are advised to migrate to +.Xr gconcat 8 , +.Xr gmirror 8 , +.Xr gstripe 8 , +.Xr graid 8 , +or +.Xr ZFS 8 . +More information is available at +.Pa https://wiki.freebsd.org/DeprecationPlan/gvinum . .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Ar command