Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 19:11:00 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 162690] [geom] gpart label changes only take effect after a reboot Message-ID: <bug-162690-14739-HfYK5M4nAn@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-162690-14739@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-162690-14739@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162690 --- Comment #4 from Xenomorph <xenomorph@gmail.com> --- This seems to still be an issue as of 10.1-RELEASE-p9 in May of 2015. Has this really been open since 2011? I have partition 1 named "test1" on da1. /dev/da1p1 is not mounted or in use in any way. # gpart list | grep label label: test1 # ll /dev/gpt crw-r----- 1 root operator 0x72 May 12 13:44 test1 I want to rename it to "disk1" # gpart modify -i 1 -l "disk1" da1 da1 modified # gpart list | grep label label: disk1 # ll /dev/gpt crw-r----- 1 root operator 0x72 May 12 13:44 test1 The partition label has been changed, but the contents of /dev/gpt doesn't update unto I reboot the system. I've found that if I *delete* the partition, then remake it with the new label, then /dev/gpt will show the correct labels. Even if the update of /dev/gpt isn't automatic, should there a command or something to manually trigger its update? On servers with a lot of drive bays, the slot order can be changed on startup. I haven't found a way to make "mfisyspdX" remain consistent (even with /boot/device.hints), to being able to easily manage labels can be a big deal. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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