From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 27 20:30:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C6A916A4E6 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 20:30:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 213EB43D67 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 20:30:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by srv1.cosmo-project.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k6RKU5nZ079214 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:30:05 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by srv1.cosmo-project.de (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) with UUCP id k6RKU5A9079213 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:30:05 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: from titan.klemm.apsfilter.org (localhost.klemm.apsfilter.org [127.0.0.1]) by klemm.apsfilter.org (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6RKPS7L014990 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:25:28 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreas@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: (from andreas@localhost) by titan.klemm.apsfilter.org (8.13.6/8.13.4/Submit) id k6RKPSSW014989 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:25:28 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreas) Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:25:28 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060727202528.GA14954@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> References: <20060727063936.GA1246@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> <20060727122159.GB4217@britannica.bec.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060727122159.GB4217@britannica.bec.de> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE X-Disclaimer: A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Subject: Re: disklabel differences FreeBSD, DragonFly X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 20:30:08 -0000 On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 02:21:59PM +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: > On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 08:39:37AM +0200, Andreas Klemm wrote: > > Later I wanted to mount the dfly filesystems on FreeBSD 6.1, > > of course still my main Unix ;-) But it wasn't possible. > > DragonFly disklabels allow 16 entries by default, FreeBSD still limits > it to 8. That's why you can't read it directly. > Hmm, for the sake of compatibility, wouldn't it have been an option, to add this extra bit to the end of the struct ? Andreas /// -- Andreas Klemm - Powered by FreeBSD 6 Need a magic printfilter today ? -> http://www.apsfilter.org/