From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 18 01:22:15 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9481616A401 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 2006 01:22:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from gromit.dlib.vt.edu (gromit.dlib.vt.edu [128.173.49.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BE2643D45 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 2006 01:22:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (pool-71-254-34-44.roa.east.verizon.net [71.254.34.44]) by gromit.dlib.vt.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2I1MBxL008181 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:22:11 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: from zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (localhost.Chelsea-Ct.Org [127.0.0.1]) by zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2I1M5wL015331 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:22:05 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) Received: (from paul@localhost) by zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k2I1M5S7015330; Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:22:05 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu) From: Paul Mather To: Dmitry Pryanishnikov In-Reply-To: <20060318022800.S40573@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> References: <20060317204723.7F91416A51F@hub.freebsd.org> <1142636322.1188.15.camel@zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org> <20060318022800.S40573@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:22:04 -0500 Message-Id: <1142644924.4967.19.camel@zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [patch] NetBSD disklabel support for geom_bsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 01:22:15 -0000 On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 02:48 +0200, Dmitry Pryanishnikov wrote: > >> 1. NetBSD's 'c' partition describes NetBSD slice (always?). > >> 2. NetBSD's 'd' partition describes the whole HDD (always?). Just to clear up matters, I wasn't saying your patch did anything wrong, I only sought to provide counterexamples to the above two points you raised (as you'd suffixed them with question marks). In other words, I just wanted to show a concrete example of a valid NetBSD disklabel where the "d" partition did not cover the whole HDD, and that there isn't always the notion of a "slice" in all NetBSD architectures. I don't know if the "d" partition not covering the entire HDD affects the logic of your patch, or whether it is only the "c" partition that is important. (Hopefully, it is the latter.) BTW, kudos for working on this. I agree that it would be nice to make NetBSD partitions more amenable to use under FreeBSD. Cheers, Paul. -- e-mail: paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid." --- Frank Vincent Zappa