Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:50:15 +0200 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Gavin Atkinson <gavin@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: geom_raid tasting providers that can't be raw disks Message-ID: <20110629175015.GC1741@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <4E03C621.4050505@FreeBSD.org> References: <1308851620.3853.34.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> <4E038051.3020809@FreeBSD.org> <4e03c408.45822a0a.66cf.ffffe135SMTPIN_ADDED@mx.google.com> <4E03C621.4050505@FreeBSD.org>
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--TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 02:02:57AM +0300, Alexander Motin wrote: > It may depend on metadata format. For example, Intel format depends on > valid provider serial number. It can't be used on providers without > serial number -- it won't be able to find place in array for the > components. Not sure if any non-hardware provider has serial number, so > this limitation can be effectively the same. The geom_slice library handles GEOM::ident by querying underlying provider for its serial number and adding 's%d' suffix, where %d stands for slice index. So at least partitions have serial numbers if the underlying provider has it. --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheelsystems.com FreeBSD committer http://www.FreeBSD.org Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! http://yomoli.com --TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk4LZdYACgkQForvXbEpPzTmFQCg+TuerK/Dv//e6j8UG12x//34 yr8An0a2F2AFAjVcetpIKlHgaAgQghqK =ns1U -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy--
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