Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 00:09:55 -0800 From: "Peter Wemm" <peter@wemm.org> To: "Paul Saab" <ps@mu.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Luigi Rizzo <luigi@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r185588 - head/sbin/newfs Message-ID: <e7db6d980812090009j4ced3355u82b22a59c1d220b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5c0ff6a70812082317t15368b3aibcd6df8d13fcab3e@mail.gmail.com> References: <200812031837.mB3Ib0pb098329@svn.freebsd.org> <5c0ff6a70812082317t15368b3aibcd6df8d13fcab3e@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 11:17 PM, Paul Saab <ps@mu.org> wrote: > This requires all devices end in 'a' - 'h'. This breaks newfsing zfs > volumes with arbitrary names, It also would be wrong in a whole bunch of other scenarios: peter@overcee[12:07AM]~/fbp4-1132> cat /etc/fstab /dev/twed0p2 / ufs rw 1 1 /dev/twed0p3 /usr ufs rw 2 2 ... Also.. 'a' .. 'h' is wrong even for disklabel. If you're using GEOM_PART_BSD, you've got something like 20 partition letters available instead of just 8. -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; KI6FJV "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 "If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution." -- Robert Sewell
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