From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 21 05:34:31 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 EA076106564A; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:34:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A6778FC08; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:34:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n2L5Xj0L010709; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:33:45 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:34:18 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20090320.233418.1605903587.imp@bsdimp.com> To: ivoras@FreeBSD.org From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <9bbcef730903201554x773f46bdy890c8ab48760dce2@mail.gmail.com> References: <200903202151.n2KLpRMB014702@svn.freebsd.org> <20090320221211.GA5205@flint.openpave.org> <9bbcef730903201554x773f46bdy890c8ab48760dce2@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: reg@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, marcel@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 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: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:34:32 -0000 In message: <9bbcef730903201554x773f46bdy890c8ab48760dce2@mail.gmail.co= m> Ivan Voras writes: : 2009/3/20 Jeremy Lea : : > Hi, : > : > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 09:51:27PM +0000, Ivan Voras wrote: : >> +20090320: : >> + =A0 =A0 GEOM_PART has become the default partition slicer for st= orage devices, : >> + =A0 =A0 replacing GEOM_MBR, GEOM_BSD, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_GPT sli= cers. It : >> + =A0 =A0 introduces some changes: the devices created from MSDOS = extended : >> + =A0 =A0 partition entries (EBR) can be named differently than wi= th GEOM_MBR : >> + =A0 =A0 and are now symlinks to devices with offset-based names,= and kernel : >> + =A0 =A0 dumps are now not allowed to be written to devices whose= partition : >> + =A0 =A0 types indicate they are meant to be used for file system= s. : >> + : > : > This should probably also note the issue with stale disklabels from= old : > DD mode disks, which causes the machine to be unbootable. =A0It sho= uld : > also mention the "geometry does not match label (255h,63s !=3D 16h,= 63s)" : > message (which appears to be harmless), and it should also probably= : > mention that the c partition now covers the entire disk, not just t= he : > "DOS partition"... =A0And it should be noted that these changes too= k place : > in Decemeber, so that people have a better chance of knowing if the= y are : > going to be bitten. : = : Ok. Should I re-sort the note into December (probably not since it : mentions development from a large period) or just mention it in text?= : = : @Marcel: is the warning important (I didn't encounter it yet; I guess= : it probably a quirk of UFS?) and is the "c" change intended? (isn't i= t : time to abandon the special case of "c"?) Historically, UPDATING has done the 'revisionist history' thing where if we discover a commit on May 5th caused the problem, we use May 5th as the date, even though the issue was discovered/documented July 31st. Warner