From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Nov 20 6:11:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F9C637B4CF; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 06:11:35 -0800 (PST) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id GAA13980; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 06:11:34 -0800 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda13978; Mon Nov 20 06:11:31 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.11.1/8.9.1) id eAKEBP412379; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 06:11:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from cwsys9.cwsent.com(10.2.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpdX12377; Mon Nov 20 06:10:31 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.11.1/8.9.1) id eAKEAUQ68747; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 06:10:30 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200011201410.eAKEAUQ68747@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdZ68727; Mon Nov 20 06:09:36 2000 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE X-Sender: cy To: Mike Smith Cc: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Removal of Disklabel (was: Re: Dangerously Dedicated) In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 20 Nov 2000 05:47:07 PST." <200011201347.eAKDl7F12951@mass.osd.bsdi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 06:09:35 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <200011201347.eAKDl7F12951@mass.osd.bsdi.com>, Mike Smith writes: > > As the PC architecture requires, just use an fdisk partition rather > > than a disklabel slice (slices are what UNIX vendors call them). For > > that matter I'd be happy if we removed disklabel from the picture > > entirely. I think that should be our goal. The architecture requires > > an fdisk label and disklabel is redundant. It seems like a no-brainer > > to me, just remove support for disklabel entirely. Simple and end of > > argument. > > This is painful for lots of other reasons, and the counter-argument is > that this is change for change's sake rather than change to a useful end. Not necessarily. Many people complain about the redundancy of partitions and slices. Let's remove one level as the suggest. As the PC architecture uses fdisk partitions, let's use that. No more arguments. > > We also need a native disk divvying method for platforms that don't have > their own (eg. Alpha). The BSD disklabel serves this purpose well. I can see other arguments for and against this, including using fdisk-only on other architectures too. I considered one argument for and two against my suggestion so status quo it is. If I don't like the decision, can I vote again? :) Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message