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Date:      Tue, 24 Dec 2019 01:47:08 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Conrad Meyer <cem@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r356048 - head/lib/geom/part
Message-ID:  <201912240147.xBO1l8Lp018991@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: cem
Date: Tue Dec 24 01:47:08 2019
New Revision: 356048
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/356048

Log:
  gpart(8): ms-basic-data is used for exFAT on GPT
  
  Be explicit about it; the first mention of exFAT is for the MBR type 'ntfs',
  and the reader must work back from there to the GPT type and infer that a
  reference to MBR ntfs type means ms-basic-data is canonical for exFAT.
  
  (It'd also be great if gpart had convenient aliases that did the right
  thing for the partition scheme, such as 'ntfs' => ms-basic-data on GPT
  schemes or 'exfat' => 'ntfs' in MBR schemes.  The tool is also bad about
  providing user-meaningful reasons for EINVAL failures.)

Modified:
  head/lib/geom/part/gpart.8

Modified: head/lib/geom/part/gpart.8
==============================================================================
--- head/lib/geom/part/gpart.8	Mon Dec 23 23:43:50 2019	(r356047)
+++ head/lib/geom/part/gpart.8	Tue Dec 24 01:47:08 2019	(r356048)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd December 13, 2019
+.Dd December 23, 2019
 .Dt GPART 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -863,6 +863,7 @@ In the GPT this type is the equivalent to partition ty
 and
 .Cm ntfs
 in MBR.
+This type is used for GPT exFAT partitions.
 The scheme-specific type is
 .Qq Li "!ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7"
 for GPT.



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