Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:04:02 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changed names of logical disks on recent -CURRENT: part of logical disks not accessible now Message-ID: <gjegeg$g88$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <slrngl4cpg.2i4p.vadim_nuclight@server.filona.x88.info> References: <ac42db050812201132s7c2ca7bekc9c0e60a728314ce@mail.gmail.com> <3a142e750812201747o339d7298p11236bb02c7f858f@mail.gmail.com> <20081223050425.GA89448@citylink.fud.org.nz> <6D4A57D3-3F6D-43E6-9B69-95514F69C57A@mac.com> <ac42db050812231103j54087613gffad2827eba14a03@mail.gmail.com> <A3628E7B-4D26-4A1E-A537-610E59CE47BD@mac.com> <slrngl4cpg.2i4p.vadim_nuclight@server.filona.x88.info>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Vadim Goncharov wrote: > Hi Marcel Moolenaar! > > On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:28:14 -0800; Marcel Moolenaar wrote about 'Re: Changed names of logical disks on recent -CURRENT: part of logical disks not accessible now': > >> In short: we just need to nail down what we're going to >> fix, if we're going to fix anything, and understand the >> consequences of our choice so that we can document it >> or beter, avoid introducing new bugs in the process.. > > We want to fix POLA violation, i.e. make all that stuff behave as it always > did before (primary from 1 to 4, logical slices from 5 to any). Nothing more, > because doing something with MBR partitioning nowadays is not worth because > GPT is already available (MBR is limited to 2 Tb, and disks are growing). +1 The old behaviour needs to be restored, whatever the algorithm was. It just isn't worth it to change it even if the change is theoretically for the better. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAklaxQIACgkQldnAQVacBcj34gCdFYZsy9HUPDRpLalEDv57Nf7l q7QAn1KIlRTCrDfTq25lnx/RKBLrGTxD =U3S7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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