From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 28 15:26:43 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7456106566B; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:26:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from argol.doit.wisc.edu (argol.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A78EF8FC0C; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:26:43 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0LHC0050804I5D00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:26:42 -0600 (CST) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net (adsl-75-50-89-165.dsl.mdsnwi.sbcglobal.net [75.50.89.165]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0LHC0044T04FVV00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:26:40 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:26:39 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <201102280759.59927.jhb@freebsd.org> To: John Baldwin Message-id: <4D6BB09F.1050400@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=75.50.89.165 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-14, Version=5.6.0.2009776, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2011.2.28.141815, SenderIP=75.50.89.165 References: <201102261458.p1QEws75077588@svn.freebsd.org> <201102280759.59927.jhb@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101214 Thunderbird/3.1.7 Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r219056 - in head/sys: cam/ata cam/scsi dev/ata geom X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:26:43 -0000 On 02/28/11 06:59, John Baldwin wrote: > On Saturday, February 26, 2011 9:58:54 am Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >> Author: nwhitehorn >> Date: Sat Feb 26 14:58:54 2011 >> New Revision: 219056 >> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/219056 >> >> Log: >> Add the disk ident and a human-meaningful description (here, the disk model >> string) to the geom_disk config XML so that they are easily accessible from >> userland. >> >> MFC after: 1 week > Not sure if you want to do this for mfi_disk.c, etc.? Logical disks in > mfi(4) have an optional volume name for example (the BIOS typically fills it > in with "RAID 5" or some such when you create a volume in the BIOS) that > might be worth exporting as the description for mfidX devices. > > Not sure about other disk devices such as twed. I'm not as familiar with all the various RAID modules. I've started making patches to set d_descr to things like "Adaptec RAID Volume" for now, but would be interested to know if there is something better in individual cases. -Nathan