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From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk>
Subject: Re: docs/51897: Add example for disklable for md devices
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The following reply was made to PR docs/51897; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
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Subject: Re: docs/51897: Add example for disklable for md devices
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 02:17:23 +0200

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 Adding relevant part of notes by blackend@ and myself regarding this PR
 to the audit-trail.
 
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 =46rom: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>
 Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 20:36:49 +0200
 To: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk>
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 Subject: Re: docs/51897: Add example for disklable for md devices
 
 On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 10:58:48AM +0200, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
 > > We shoould be consistent with other docs (Handbook etc..) i.e.
 > > disklabel -r -w md0 auto
 >=20
 > Actually it was on purpose that I changed that.  As I understand it '-r'
 > and 'auto' are not needed anymore post GEOM.  The examples in
 > bsdlabel(8) does not use auto and this is the code handling '-r' :
 >
 
 Well I did not think about the brand new disklabel :(
 
 > 	case 'r':
 > 		/*
 > 		 * We accept and ignode -r for compatibility with
 > 		 * historically disklabel usage.
 > 		 */
 > 		break;
 >=20
 > I would rather say that the rest of the docs should be change not to use
 > '-r' and 'auto' and perhaps add a compatibility note for FreeBSD < 5.0.
 >=20
 
 You meant 5.1 I think.
 In the Handbook I would write that -r and auto options can be safely
 omitted on FreeBSD 5.1 and later.
 
 Marc
 
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