Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 11:52:24 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> Cc: freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>, Hellmuth Michaelis <hm@hellmuth-michaelis.de> Subject: Re: beaglebone boot from eMMC Message-ID: <E42D9C45-BA69-41A1-8652-21BC57A7691A@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <756CA573-DBF6-4847-8D13-5D2586B2A1C8@kientzle.com> References: <3DF08C65-20E3-4524-B0E1-C5C096AA0FE8@hellmuth-michaelis.de> <B9883BEF-FD80-4421-8D10-6A5193EC8131@kientzle.com> <756CA573-DBF6-4847-8D13-5D2586B2A1C8@kientzle.com>
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--Apple-Mail=_81803602-54FD-4BDD-B92B-6413C632D8E7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On Mar 22, 2015, at 9:41 PM, Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> wrote: > 3) Geom rejects BSD labels with more than 255 sectors per track. The = BBB eMMC reads as 1024 sectors per track. Would it make sense to = remove the check in g_part_bsd.c that rejects labels with more than 255 = sectors? This is likely a good idea. In fact, nearly all of the bogus enforcement = in g_part can likely be removed / relaxed. They made sense in the = 1990=E2=80=99s, but in the world of highly artificial values (that often = change based on how the device is connected), they make almost no sense = anymore. Warner --Apple-Mail=_81803602-54FD-4BDD-B92B-6413C632D8E7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJVEFLZAAoJEGwc0Sh9sBEACBEP/2R3RfDZ29CBBv3L93yp99dN HiyJ2zpiFL9qwXxjAgbTI9ebenikBBRfUTOhnv0jVefXlj7+aZhE2Nkm2QqzXZJe tt3TonFjGSYCRWkirY+EdwkU4CmXILVZMBKpgnj8fHwtk2jxeQEVYB8yIfHxoXE5 M3IE+YnvBA7mXaN+dOkpl5XxfL+yahNrD1SnOQcaZ5kQgiHczeyN2+LZa5nXkcUJ E6HgOMyTBiK61BtM5jhat+f+Y/ubdPzAzPlMAyldJveENcf9kCv5VNYGoId1UVW6 7M3ObHTLAdPYiZZGAGfpDvIZAVKF+Fly3H1h9I5Ed7hokL6c/0dj8bwJih5fv0Iz ZLGaFH3tAyooXAaCf5E3XffQS9o4pCf1jKoxf0AqHrU7z0H7CVsvMIDdEcTAwfFT Vx/GQoKgIF7kncl91qbQpg9wpXAkNaXlbrLD9fxoiDJubGWSae1TkAOtBMRZthSc 3evkD+O4ZoPqLJhFaCmsFBrKqtRa5bs7zbRhBO3q7bWiHVAHXo3mKHQIWT+iAAdi 6Ed6ECn5kKQfRw8GmeoRNzU3GDUTZSGbP1Are0iGhPiM6Ra+IT9R/7Vm6+9HwM5O LsQ+Elj0j5X7M89wI2n+STzeNFB8hwDfW7Yt/y+GVpw67z4QrBWzCx57xXLt2Sol 49rdv/xWQsyDOR9y60gn =QCiM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_81803602-54FD-4BDD-B92B-6413C632D8E7--
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