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Date:      Fri, 4 Oct 2002 00:53:52 +0200
From:      Mark Santcroos <marks@ripe.net>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, emulation@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: vmware reads disk on non-sector boundary
Message-ID:  <20021003225352.GL584@laptop.6bone.nl>
In-Reply-To: <5995.1033660676@critter.freebsd.dk>
References:  <20021004012906.S4315-100000@gamplex.bde.org> <5995.1033660676@critter.freebsd.dk>

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On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 05:57:56PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <20021004012906.S4315-100000@gamplex.bde.org>, Bruce Evans writes:
> 
> >> If a buffered access-mode on block devices is desired, it should
> >> be implemented either as an ioctl controllable feature, or as
> >> a GEOM module.  The latter is probably by far the easiest way.
> >
> >It was desired, and was sort of promised.
> 
> And we're close to the point where it can happen...

So 'ignoring' the historic facts, and assuming that we just want block
devices, we can do such a thing in GEOM in the future?

Is this something you will be doing yourself Poul, or is it just that you
are saying that it is possible? If not, I really would like to help to get 
vmware back, but I don't know anything more about GEOM than "option\t\tGEOM".

Mark

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Mark Santcroos                    RIPE Network Coordination Centre
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