Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:02:06 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@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: <3992.1170918126@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:29:59 PST." <45CA60F7.4000507@root.org>
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In message <45CA60F7.4000507@root.org>, Nate Lawson writes: >>>> 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 ? >> >> I understand that. This was a pragmatic question rather than a >> philosophical question: I know it can be done, but is it now being >> done. The answer appears to be yes. > >I assume phk@ is referring to the geom debug flags sysctl. No I am not. Please read the recent thread on geom@ on this subject. -- 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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