Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 14:13:15 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libdisk create_chunk.c write_disk.c Message-ID: <200104022113.f32LDFh14581@mobile.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010402113403.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin wrote: > > On 01-Apr-01 David E. O'Brien wrote: > > obrien 2001/04/01 04:37:31 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > lib/libdisk create_chunk.c write_disk.c > > Log: > > Try to untangle some of the #ifdef spaghetti. > > Also, looking to the future, don't assume all the world is an i386 and al l > > its disk layout brain damage will be repeated by other platforms. So all > > the diking out if we are an Alpha, becomes adding in if we are an i386. > > Actually, IA64 uses a MBR and slices, too. I'd almost rather you use #ifdef > USE_SLICES or something like that and have each arch set appropriate defines to > describe its disk layout. Umm, that's not what I remember.. it is EFI based, and uses pure LBA partitioning. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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