From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 29 17:50:49 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 200711065673; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:50:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pawel@dawidek.net) Received: from mail.dawidek.net (60.wheelsystems.com [83.12.187.60]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE24D8FC18; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:50:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (89-73-195-149.dynamic.chello.pl [89.73.195.149]) by mail.dawidek.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0516C5D3; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:41:41 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:50:15 +0200 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek To: Alexander Motin Message-ID: <20110629175015.GC1741@garage.freebsd.pl> 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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="TYecfFk8j8mZq+dy" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4E03C621.4050505@FreeBSD.org> X-OS: FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT amd64 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: Gavin Atkinson , freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: geom_raid tasting providers that can't be raw disks X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:50:49 -0000 --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--