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From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: Disable tasting through sysctl
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Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> writes:
> > The patch below is a workaround for the "bouncing geom" problem that
> > occurs primarily with labels.  Say da0p1 and da1p1 are labeled "mir0"
> > and "mir1" respectively, so they exist both as /dev/da[01]p1 and as
> > /dev/gpt/mir[01].  Create a mirror on top of gpt/mir[01], then stop the
> > mirror.  GEOM won't retaste gpt/root[01], but it will see and taste
> Do you mean gpt/mir[01]?

Doh, yes.  A slip of the tongue because I often use two system disks
with the boot loader in p1, a UFS root gmirrored across p2, individual
swap partitions in p3 and a ZFS mirror across p4.

> I was in need to such an option few time myself, so it is fine by me.

Thanks.  I'll submit it to re@.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no