Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 18:59:54 +0400 From: Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@mail.ru> To: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: absolute vs. relative offsets in disklabel Message-ID: <20060806145954.GC907@hades.panopticon> In-Reply-To: <864pwtoorp.fsf@xps.des.no> References: <20060731203213.GA75233@hades.panopticon> <864pwtoorp.fsf@xps.des.no>
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* Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav (des@des.no) wrote: > > Recent `disklabel differences FreeBSD, DragonFly' thread gave me a > > thought - why do we have absolute offsets in disklabel? > We don't, AFAIK. Since the transition to GEOM, the offsets are > relative to the start of the containing provider. It has nothing to do with GEOM, it's ondisk format of disklabel. I've confirmed, there are global offsets. -- Best regards, Dmitry mailto:amdmi3@mail.ru
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