From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 7 20:44:02 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBFF816A400; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 20:44:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DB6613C471; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 20:44:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin04-en2 [10.13.10.149]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout02/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id l17Ki2Le000739; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 12:44:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from [172.23.10.8] (nat-service4.juniper.net [66.129.225.151]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin04/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id l17KhbhY018079 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Wed, 7 Feb 2007 12:43:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20070207200130.J23167@fledge.watson.org> References: <200702071855.l17ItVkw041132@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070207200130.J23167@fledge.watson.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <16A7B376-03A7-4C99-A5EC-B9C182E718BF@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Marcel Moolenaar Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 12:42:08 -0800 To: Robert Watson X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-Brightmail-scanned: yes Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/conf GENERIC src/sys/arm/conf EP80219 src/sys/conf NOTES files files.powerpc options src/sys/geom geom_apple.c geom_gpt.c src/sys/geom/part g_part.c g_part.h g_part_apm.c g_part_gpt.c g_part_if.m src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC ... X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 20:44:02 -0000 On Feb 7, 2007, at 12:02 PM, Robert Watson wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > >> Evolve the ctlreq interface added to geom_gpt into a generic >> partitioning class that supports multiple schemes. Current >> schemes supported are APM (Apple Partition Map) and GPT. >> Change all GEOM_APPLE anf GEOM_GPT options into GEOM_PART_APM >> and GEOM_PART_GPT (resp). >> >> The ctlreq interface supports verbs to create and destroy >> partitioning schemes on a disk; to add, delete and modify >> partitions; and to commit or undo changes made. > > Does this mean we can expect to see the disabling of GEOM exclusive- > use protections disappear from normal administrative activities > soon, as there will now be approved channels to incrementally > change the layout of in-use partition tables? Yes, that's the idea. A tool will be developed first that uses these verbs (though I already have a regression test suite capable of creating and modifying APM and GPT partitions). After that the idea is to migrate other partitioning schemes and slicers into this framework. The end-result being a single tool for partitioning disks with any and all schemes supported by the framework and using the ctlreq mechanism to work on live disks. -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com