Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 00:34:26 -0400 From: Zaphod Beeblebrox <zbeeble@gmail.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 4k sector support (not good?) Message-ID: <CACpH0MdOZAh6qhHAbsX6L7MJeOZmLF-7tU8gaammiaXa%2BFc=gA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfpfDqPFWXKNFWtxKA%2BaOEboqiAJyBEF=QBfQxYzpTgxoA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACpH0McZ50=yoosevUfMSVsHz_nvdQYNY-ozA=BtV-SAaJUjaA@mail.gmail.com> <CACpH0MeEgMUV-1Q4-Z3hJw87oBn07Yy2ypwjG1RuX=6LWgHKhg@mail.gmail.com> <13de3cde-185b-a986-cbce-6ad984792952@selasky.org> <883fbfcf-cac6-99a9-cb6f-43e413be9bb0@selasky.org> <CACpH0Mdm2_Q%2BM2aKjN%2BWVdwRLf0R3HrWPou1EiutodbD8FukhQ@mail.gmail.com> <CACpH0Mcm6QQpQe8kL7WaRaKd0BSNKCL3kQrqTjcSGEBVBYJarg@mail.gmail.com> <CANCZdfoG2eqP02_o2JK-_zQ4cHdfPm1Sg73Bw50DSrRCgcs0cg@mail.gmail.com> <CANCZdfpfDqPFWXKNFWtxKA%2BaOEboqiAJyBEF=QBfQxYzpTgxoA@mail.gmail.com>
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So... you're saying that if I gpart create -s GPT on a disk with 4k sectors, it should do the right thing and just work? Keep in mind, I don't care what the BIOS thinks... I only care what FreeBSD sees when it comes online. On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 12:09 AM Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 13, 2019, 10:03 PM Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Sat, Jul 13, 2019, 9:59 PM Zaphod Beeblebrox <zbeeble@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Wait... are you saying that our gpart isn't properly able to label a 4k >>> sector disk? >>> >> >> There are competing notions about what is right... >> > > For MBR disks. Apple has one standard, which is what the patch is for. > Those disks won't necessarily work on other BIOSes. GPT just works today... > >
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