From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 7 14:01:46 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60FED1065674; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 14:01:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F95F8FC14; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 14:01:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.3/8.14.1) with ESMTP id oB7DtFs8046766; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 06:55:15 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 06:55:15 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20101207.065515.41680033.imp@bsdimp.com> To: bruce@cran.org.uk From: Warner Losh In-Reply-To: <20101207115106.GB68479@muon.cran.org.uk> References: <20101207110410.GE1700@garage.freebsd.pl> <4CFE1B0F.90908@FreeBSD.org> <20101207115106.GB68479@muon.cran.org.uk> X-Mailer: Mew version 3.3 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, pjd@FreeBSD.org, jhb@FreeBSD.org, mav@FreeBSD.org, ivoras@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r216230 - head/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:01:46 -0000 From: Bruce Cran Subject: Re: svn commit: r216230 - head/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 11:51:06 +0000 > On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 01:31:27PM +0200, Alexander Motin wrote: > > Not necessary. Some places indeed may have some legacy requirements, > > for example, in theory MBR want partition to be aligned to "track > > boundary" (but I've seen many pre-formatted SD cards with MBR > > violating it to align partition to flash sector). Same time for BSD > > label I see no problem to align partitions any way we want. I also > > see no problems to make FAT cluster, UFS block/fragment, etc, to > > match some sizes. > > From a new installation of Windows 7 and FreeBSD CURRENT: > > GEOM: ada0: partition 3 does not start on a track boundary. > GEOM: ada0: partition 3 does not end on a track boundary. > GEOM: ada0: partition 2 does not start on a track boundary. > GEOM: ada0: partition 2 does not end on a track bounary. > > Partition 2 is the reserved partition while 3 is an NTFS partition, both > created in the Windows setup application. > > Since Windows isn't bothering to align partitions do we still need to > warn about it? The geom warnings are totally bogus, and no conclusion about anything can be drawn from them other than the disk partitions don't match the *FAKE* geometry cam creates for the disk. Warner