Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 21:59:23 +0400 From: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org, Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@freebsd.org>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Subject: Re: [RFC] Remove requirement of alignment to track from MBR scheme Message-ID: <4DDAA07B.9030004@yandex.ru> In-Reply-To: <9ED563AB-7B35-40F4-A33E-015317858401@bsdimp.com> References: <4DDA2F0B.2040203@yandex.ru> <D75B2856-D9D8-4BA3-BC54-8258610CEA06@xcllnt.net> <9ED563AB-7B35-40F4-A33E-015317858401@bsdimp.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigDBA06A23D48A1203A1B5BF19 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 23.05.2011 21:38, Warner Losh wrote: > I'm all for carefully moving forward. There were parts of the patch > that seemed to be over-reaching. >=20 > Personally, I'd just do something like the following since it > reflects what others do and implements the de-facto meaning of the > MBR: >=20 > Index: sys/geom/part/g_part_mbr.c=20 > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 > --- sys/geom/part/g_part_mbr.c (revision 222183) +++ > sys/geom/part/g_part_mbr.c (working copy) @@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ >=20 > basetable->gpt_entries =3D NDOSPART; basetable->gpt_first =3D > basetable->gpt_sectors; - basetable->gpt_last =3D msize - (msize % > basetable->gpt_sectors) - 1; + basetable->gpt_last =3D msize - 1; There was report with different problem, the user created a partition that is aligned to 4KB sector size and it starts from the inside of first track, i.e. start offset < 63. And as he said, he did use sysinstall(8) for partitioning. --=20 WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov --------------enigDBA06A23D48A1203A1B5BF19 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJN2qB/AAoJEAHF6gQQyKF6HogH/3PaIT3CV6RofFope6Zjll+P XeAmLIkYvIVklPrXu34PCr+efhQ1gF0RjEttp1IvuF1KZPiGg06aU46On9vkUX7q Mn9DpO1eZSV0SwGdD332hRsN97OeU4zhh+QVwzPJLJ8ohA79BBFPmhAsqLig0hkm 1eQZNexsb4n5+BbWB681aZ/RCT9X8StoUeuOxsdFtnOvlEeZOGSRXESHc4Sgbl1x X8GfmDxSswQJHpumzwZZFaoJ2w4802pQzdxBBwjoR7M1I4JB/iAyAl2uRaS0hEDs 1CtluiLtItHps1z+PMqtua/he61k4eoqgtgVygoGKkRd3pPPoqiwD1+I1vPMfdo= =D8nU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigDBA06A23D48A1203A1B5BF19--
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