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Subject: Re: svn commit: r221972 - head/sys/geom/part 
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In message <38A0D352-30A8-47A0-8259-12B3B216401B@bsdimp.com>, Warner Losh write
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>After carefully reviewing this code, we need to have it be *OFF* by
>default.  It should also explain *WHY* it is rejecting the partition.
>It isn't clear to me at all that this is even useful.

Seconded * 3.

My experience so far is that 1 out of in 7 USB flash devices worked
with these paranoid checks enabled.

What happened to the Robustness Principle ?

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