Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 20:15:40 +0300 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@portaone.com> To: Arne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GEOM is too verbose Message-ID: <410BD3BC.9090704@portaone.com> In-Reply-To: <864qnoyv06.fsf@kamino.rfc1149.org> References: <62768.1091287144@critter.freebsd.dk> <410BBB74.9010804@portaone.com> <864qnoyv06.fsf@kamino.rfc1149.org>
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Arne Schwabe wrote: > Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@portaone.com> writes: > > >>Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> >> >>>In message <410BB699.3060803@portaone.com>, Maxim Sobolev writes: >>> >>> >>>>Hi Poul, >>>> >>>>I use application that detects size of disk using binary search. On >>>>current each attempt to read beyond disk boundary causes message on >>>>console, which is annoying. Can you please turn them off, since >>>>apparently they serve no meaningful purpose. >>> >>>Why don't you just use ioctl(DIOC_MEDIASIZE) ? >>>or the diskinfo(8) program ? >> >>It is python program, so that ioctl() is out of question. Usage of > > > Hm python has ioctl support, where is the problem? Really? Anyway, I doubt that name of this ioctl is the same on the different unices, so that binary search is still the best from the portability POV. -Maxim
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