Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:40:15 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <ae@FreeBSD.org>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Allowing arbitrary MBR slice alignment Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1402181035380.47821@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <868C9E58-8039-4782-BC74-5C820D1B4F5C@xcllnt.net> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1402140918560.88288@wonkity.com> <29DD155A-790F-4D28-8FFF-FED5466BC336@xcllnt.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1402151317320.45779@wonkity.com> <73BC4100-2F81-41AD-BED7-0A920AE69C76@xcllnt.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1402170940590.38716@wonkity.com> <868C9E58-8039-4782-BC74-5C820D1B4F5C@xcllnt.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, 17 Feb 2014, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > In short: Don't revert the design and intent of gpart. Let it > be the common interface to all partitioning schemes. This means > that you want be be able to say "-a 4K" or "-b 2000" without > regard for the scheme and know that the scheme will round or > adjust accordingly. The gpart utility will lose its power if > that is being meddled with, because it's power comes from the > fact that you do not have to know the particulars of the scheme > in use, nor even the scheme being used in order to work with it. > This is key in having it be scriptable. > > You want a way to let gpart (and the kernel) know that you are > aware of the scheme and are going to do things that should not > be interpreted as coming from behind a "veil of ignorance" so > to speak. This is entirely too reasonable for me to argue. :) What needs to be done to proceed?
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?alpine.BSF.2.00.1402181035380.47821>