From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 25 06:53:16 2011 Return-Path: <owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG> 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 7F630106564A; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 06:53:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (unknown [IPv6:2001:44b8:7c07:5581:266:e1ff:fe0c:8f16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 764998FC16; Mon, 25 Apr 2011 06:53:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.9] (cm-84.215.40.84.getinternet.no [84.215.40.84]) (authenticated bits=0) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p3P6qrpw092254 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:22:55 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <E5C45DAC-6014-42E2-9E1C-BFB7D54EBCB4@bsdimp.com> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 08:52:51 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <34A34338-79E0-435E-9BF1-614D10FC9FC7@gsoft.com.au> References: <201104240923.p3O9N8QG025386@svn.freebsd.org> <20110424161933.GA18775@vniz.net> <18B3AE1E-467E-4B23-81B9-AB1EDEFE1F7A@gsoft.com.au> <E5C45DAC-6014-42E2-9E1C-BFB7D54EBCB4@bsdimp.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Spam-Score: 0.163 () BAYES_00,RDNS_DYNAMIC X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 203.31.81.10 Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Alexander Motin <mav@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, Andrey Chernov <ache@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r220983 - 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 \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" <svn-src-all.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all>, <mailto:svn-src-all-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/svn-src-all> List-Post: <mailto:svn-src-all@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:svn-src-all-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all>, <mailto:svn-src-all-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 06:53:16 -0000 On 25/04/2011, at 6:55, Warner Losh wrote: >> The best way is to change to use GPT IDs (/dev/gptid/xxx) if you are = on a GPT system) or UFS IDs (/dev/ufsid/xxx) if you can't. >=20 > I've been running with ufs labels for a couple of years now, since the = first rumblings of this hit the streets. They work great no matter what = the underlying partitioning scheme. The one drawback is that if you = have multiple disks with the same labels, then the first one wins. = Normally not a problem, but when you have it, you need to ensure the = right one is selected. I avoid this problem by prefixing a hostname to = the label... This is why I prefer IDs since they are nominally unique (UFS ones, GPTs = damn well better be :) Although I concede it is rather annoying to work out which is which, or = type them out manually.. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C