From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 19 17:04:46 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ABC21065675 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:04:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhellenthal@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B4328FC08 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:04:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws7 with SMTP id 7so2303875vws.13 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:04:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=7q5+Q6ubk0F8jhgCzeev4QLM4Y7sjQvYogQTDDnFHuE=; b=F7vPSe4KzJjYu62+bGAUPwaaNleg+XT+S+UFDe/uWlRLadQCRwhDCvnKfaiMQXY7mv dm7Mw4AzBhTktqqfjq4/MHoa6EZEgLzWMsEXaEEmoFDp1b8vAUD8FpP4a0FlfHjyG//v M8ads2tPj/oEAbAitN74/oulHM/Ru+hfEjniQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=wV3eTU69QXQyem7i21JgQJL0/dyp8zh+JtbI+g9ZZbURwC9Xi7H/AZpDx766WyFPTU mvNDwyjT9AEU+urmbp2BsEK8bcayFLGd/jPqEFO0cR/q5f7EzCyp2rq10cFQCXKOcbiT TalpciEYM842e2+ZOFs1DqpKWl/xxYU3fBtHE= Received: by 10.220.95.66 with SMTP id c2mr1507326vcn.239.1282235763084; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:36:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from centel.dataix.local (adsl-99-190-84-182.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net [99.190.84.182]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id s29sm651319vcr.23.2010.08.19.09.36.01 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:36:02 -0700 (PDT) Sender: "J. Hellenthal" Message-ID: <4C6D5D6F.5060907@DataIX.net> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:35:59 -0400 From: jhell User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100806 Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird MIME-Version: 1.0 To: walter@pelissero.de References: <4C6C7518.7010906@DataIX.net> <19565.8946.444567.257102@zaphod.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <19565.8946.444567.257102@zaphod.home.lan> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org, bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/149762: volume labels with rogue characters X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:04:46 -0000 On 08/19/2010 08:26, Walter C. Pelissero wrote: > jhell writes: > > This is a hack, something that you would commonly find in Linux > > code and is neither a proper or viable workaround for the naming of > > labels. > > That's exactly what I keep repeating my friends who run Linux and brag > about features they had first or better implemented. Just a bunch of > dirty hacks any kid would have whipped up in an afternoon if he just > had the fancy. Just hacks. > Putting aside whats written below, please don't feel that this is an attack on your work to make this happen. I feel your work is very viable for what it is supposed to do but to the same effect does not address the issue that this might happen elsewhere to anything new that may be introduced to the system at a later point in time which is why I call it a hack. In a previous post I mentioned a proper full term solution based on adjusting devfs/devd instead that would fit future situations and not call for individual adjustments for pieces of geom or anything related. > Unfortunately they answer using terms like: self-indulgent inertia, > inconclusive arrogance, bureaucratic attitude, self-important sloth, > pompous underachiever. Bloody Linux kids, aren't they? > > This might be an hack, but in 8 years since this issue has been first > raised nobody has came up with it, so I thought I might as well do > it. > It has be ~6 years that GEOM_LABEL was introduced to the system. r131476 | pjd | 2004-07-02 15:40:36 -0400 (Fri, 02 Jul 2004) | 22 lines Regards, -- jhell,v