From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 9 14:00:16 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E6C31065678; Mon, 9 Aug 2010 14:00:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivoras@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 477C38FC12; Mon, 9 Aug 2010 14:00:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwg5 with SMTP id 5so6252962qwg.13 for ; Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:00:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:from:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=9Vj8+jW3Ar/YwrxFCmorvmrQOxeq6HKLyK/z3Jonz14=; b=chC6B0sS00dUap6YyrdLcVJvVp64KFRnWCpqF7slTMDJvc1yW2XuH2kSzjKulMlyU0 qgEvAsCMRd85RvbZ5KoKxN4Ox+X2I8nPDLgBSB9vj7Hp90IX/19IkqYwFCo040WoVhTT 25v1Sj99tSsgCu7HqEp2XDVl85baxV8shLEIU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=eLnv+PW3k8Upu+3Fivyis4J9WN1naISDlGscXSFxWVTZvoBFqyh7oQ2XqljEGZPu/S J/tpizsZ9D/+JWstS6Pas3SMZMkEvAD7jW7hzDWBBXIQky0A0NYjQoR/cMztwox3eIL1 xhDvZ2Oz8J0J4f1raA4PjjbVzaw4FWwMpSdJE= Received: by 10.229.71.71 with SMTP id g7mr7147036qcj.177.1281362405300; Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:00:05 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: ivoras@gmail.com Received: by 10.229.236.132 with HTTP; Mon, 9 Aug 2010 06:59:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <86wrs055dj.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <20100808103055.GA2037@garage.freebsd.pl> <86pqxstbhb.fsf@ds4.des.no> <86wrs055dj.fsf@ds4.des.no> From: Ivan Voras Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 15:59:44 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: uLS1zjXa7gb-LBKckuFyV0GW57E Message-ID: To: =?UTF-8?Q?Dag=2DErling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, =?UTF-8?Q?Marius_N=C3=BCnnerich?= , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: glabel "force sectorsize" patch X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:00:16 -0000 On 9 August 2010 14:37, Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav wrote: > Ivan Voras writes: >> Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav writes: >> > Marius N=C3=BCnnerich 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. > > Please read what Marius wrote, which I quoted above. You are right, I skipped that part of his message. Gnop fits that.