Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:42:01 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@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 ... Message-ID: <2107.1170888121@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 Feb 2007 20:02:42 GMT." <20070207200130.J23167@fledge.watson.org>
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In message <20070207200130.J23167@fledge.watson.org>, Robert Watson writes: >> 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? There is already a mechanism for that. How do you think bsdlabel(8) and fdisk(8) works ? -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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