Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:36:48 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newfs_msdos and dvd-ram (fwsectors, fwheads) Message-ID: <486E89E0.8010301@icyb.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <47CC55B0.4020607@icyb.net.ua> References: <889.1203600472@critter.freebsd.dk> <47CC55B0.4020607@icyb.net.ua>
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on 03/03/2008 21:46 Andriy Gapon said the following: > on 21/02/2008 15:27 Poul-Henning Kamp said the following: >> In message <47BD6F39.7080105@icyb.net.ua>, Andriy Gapon writes: >>> 2) fake those properties in newfs_msdof; >>> benefit: this would help with other physical devices that can host >>> FAT; >> This is the way to do it, but it might make sense to make a library >> routine do it, to get consistent behaviour. BTW, the same issue applies to md device too. I.e. if you would like to create a FAT image in a file, newfs_msdos won't let you. > I opened a PR for this approach in a simple form. > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/121182 > > What could be a good place to put thing for re-use/sharing? libutil? -- Andriy Gapon
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