Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 10:49:51 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 232463] EBR slice cannot be added partitions to Message-ID: <bug-232463-227-tZ1IrpP9BH@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-232463-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-232463-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=232463 --- Comment #3 from Andrey V. Elsukov <ae@FreeBSD.org> --- (In reply to bourne.identity@hotmail.com from comment #2) > Hi Andrey, > > Thanks, but that is quite surprising. Why cannot the default kernel have EBR > compatibility switched on, rather than forcing the user recompile the whole > kernel for such a small thing ? People do not want to recompile kernels > unless there is a significant cause. > > As it happens, I am writing a book about FreeBSD/Linux/Cygwin. And whereever > the book needs EBR work, I have to document it as MBR (gpart create -s MBR). > This is really not desired for me, or for any of my readers. This is because without EBR_COMPAT option, EBR partition naming/numbering will be not compatible with old installations. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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