Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:55:02 +0400 From: Aisaka Taiga <spambox@haruhiism.net> To: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: Alexander Motin <mav@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, scottl@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFC: ATA to CAM integration patch Message-ID: <4A475A16.4000108@haruhiism.net> In-Reply-To: <200906282113.42967.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <4A4517BE.9040504@FreeBSD.org> <200906282038.58968.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <4A4752EF.8030101@haruhiism.net> <200906282113.42967.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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Hello, hope you're having a nice day,
Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> The UFSID is unique for a given newfs (mostly - it is the timestamp I
> believe).
>
>
It is unique; however, I'm not talking about it being unique. More like
from a console standpoint.
Imagine your system's asking for manual input for the root partition;
what's easier to type - /dev/ufs/root,
/dev/ufsid/{inserthugenumberinhexhere} or /dev/physical-device?
Reading through /etc/fstab when it uses ufsids is a pain as well.
By the way, in my opinion the current freebsd install system should
allow running GEOM commands before partitioning/labelling devices. And
should also recognize GEOM devices, as well, since for a clean install
the transition to labels & gmirror is either 'not safe'
(kern.geom.debugflags=16, then label the live system's drive) OR
requires a dump/restore (label the 2nd drive, label the partitions, then
copy data there, reboot to the 2nd drive, add the first to the mirror).
P.S. Also, bsdlabel and glabel seem like ambiguous names (as well as
using the term 'label' for both slice layout and GEOM labels) - so I see
no problems naming AHCI devices "daX". ;)
--
Kamigishi Rei
KREI-RIPE
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