From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 20 21:51:28 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26A38106567D; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:51:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivoras@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1593F8FC1E; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:51:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivoras@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n2KLpRiH014703; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:51:27 GMT (envelope-from ivoras@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from ivoras@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n2KLpRMB014702; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:51:27 GMT (envelope-from ivoras@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <200903202151.n2KLpRMB014702@svn.freebsd.org> From: Ivan Voras Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:51:27 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-SVN-Group: head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: svn commit: r190182 - head X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:51:28 -0000 Author: ivoras Date: Fri Mar 20 21:51:27 2009 New Revision: 190182 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/190182 Log: Note that GEOM_PART is on by default in 8-CURRENT and how it's different from older slices. OKed by: marcel Approved by: gnn (mentor) Modified: head/UPDATING Modified: head/UPDATING ============================================================================== --- head/UPDATING Fri Mar 20 21:50:54 2009 (r190181) +++ head/UPDATING Fri Mar 20 21:51:27 2009 (r190182) @@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 8. to maximize performance. (To disable malloc debugging, run ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf.) +20090320: + GEOM_PART has become the default partition slicer for storage devices, + replacing GEOM_MBR, GEOM_BSD, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_GPT slicers. It + introduces some changes: the devices created from MSDOS extended + partition entries (EBR) can be named differently than with GEOM_MBR + and are now symlinks to devices with offset-based names, and kernel + dumps are now not allowed to be written to devices whose partition + types indicate they are meant to be used for file systems. + 20090319: The uscanner(4) driver has been removed from the kernel. This follows Linux removing theirs in 2.6 and making libusb the default interface