From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 25 19:50:23 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6E31106569C for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:50:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@wemm.org) Received: from qb-out-0506.google.com (qb-out-0506.google.com [72.14.204.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A9ED8FC36 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:50:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@wemm.org) Received: by qb-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id f30so402517qba.35 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:50:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.48.3 with SMTP id v3mr90202wfv.8.1222371514503; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:38:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.255.21 with HTTP; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:38:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:38:34 -0700 From: "Peter Wemm" To: "Marcel Moolenaar" In-Reply-To: <57809A37-B81C-4F50-A418-CD9303F06B72@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <57809A37-B81C-4F50-A418-CD9303F06B72@mac.com> Cc: FreeBSD Arch Subject: Re: RFC: making gpart default X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:50:23 -0000 On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > I'd like to switch all architectures to gpart for the reasons given > below. All current partitioning schemes are supported by gpart and > work on all platforms. On top of that, ia64 and powerpc are using > gpart exclusively already. What, if anything, do we need to do to start using it ourselves now on i386 or amd64 platforms? Just change kernel options? Also, while here, the APM (apple partition manager) module doesn't quite work with Tivo disks. Tivo drives don't have the DDR signature. Simply removing the DDR code enables FreeBSD to mount and work with tivo drives. -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; KI6FJV "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 "If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution." -- Robert Sewell