Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 12:20:40 +0200 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: =?UTF-8?Q?Dag=2DErling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, =?UTF-8?Q?Marius_N=C3=BCnnerich?= <marius@nuenneri.ch>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: glabel "force sectorsize" patch Message-ID: <AANLkTinad6hg_hywXzKLsc0=j6BoO76umC-2iD=w2-L1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <86pqxstbhb.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <AANLkTinBA04YM=uwNJ4sog2KMACUQfpJm7f-CjnRB39x@mail.gmail.com> <20100808103055.GA2037@garage.freebsd.pl> <i3m6c9$7ch$1@dough.gmane.org> <AANLkTinx%2B8wTRMiyQ1yPPJXkYSTEBa=2HYJoWM_nrhq-@mail.gmail.com> <i3mvcc$ekr$1@dough.gmane.org> <AANLkTimXPf20bBNdhGmrmTzf8QJ0uTZV3yqq1QN7q9ss@mail.gmail.com> <86pqxstbhb.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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On 9 August 2010 10:51, Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> wrote: > Marius N=C3=BCnnerich <marius@nuenneri.ch> writes: >> I did not think of a new GEOM class that looks like glabel but one >> that has no metadata stored on disk . It is then activated and >> controlled by loader.conf variables. (Maybe like gnop? If I remember >> correctly, I did not take a look at that class for ages). > > As you would know if you had followed the discussion about WD EARS > disks, gnop does what you want and is currently the recommended > solution. Of course, but gnop as a testing GEOM class, does not save its metadata, meaning it has to be reconfigured after reboot, etc. > I am looking into a permanent solution and would appreciate if people > held off on this for a couple of weeks. Thank you!
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