From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 11 15:09:31 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47A79E78; Wed, 11 Jun 2014 15:09:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from i3mail.icecube.wisc.edu (i3mail.icecube.wisc.edu [128.104.255.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A5172244; Wed, 11 Jun 2014 15:09:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by i3mail.icecube.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67F163807B; Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:09:29 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at icecube.wisc.edu Received: from i3mail.icecube.wisc.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (i3mail.icecube.wisc.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10030) with ESMTP id kkWCXZXSZDLj; Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:09:29 -0500 (CDT) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net (polaris.tachypleus.net [75.101.50.44]) by i3mail.icecube.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D4A253806F; Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:09:28 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <53987127.1050406@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 08:09:27 -0700 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Andrey V. Elsukov" , src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r267359 - in head: sbin/geom/class/part sys/geom/part sys/modules/geom/geom_part sys/modules/geom/geom_part/geom_part_bsd64 References: <201406111042.s5BAgZuY098764@svn.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201406111042.s5BAgZuY098764@svn.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 15:09:31 -0000 On 06/11/14 03:42, Andrey V. Elsukov wrote: > Author: ae > Date: Wed Jun 11 10:42:34 2014 > New Revision: 267359 > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/267359 > > Log: > Add disklabel64 support to GEOM_PART class. > > This partitioning scheme is used in DragonFlyBSD. It is similar to > BSD disklabel, but has the following improvements: > * metadata has own dedicated place and isn't accessible through partitions; > * all offsets are 64-bit; > * supports 16 partitions by default (has reserved place for more); > * has reserved place for backup label (but not yet implemented); > * has UUIDs for partitions and partition types; > > Is this something worth adding to the installer/sade partition types menu? On the one hand, we support it. On the other hand, it's not bootable on any architecture. So I can't make up my mind. -Nathan