Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:21:58 +0400 From: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <ae@FreeBSD.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/157724: [geom] gpart(8) 'add' command must preserve gap for schemes Message-ID: <4E08CA46.6030904@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <201106271810.p5RIABbI063810@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <201106271810.p5RIABbI063810@freefall.freebsd.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 27.06.2011 22:10, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > >> There isn't a lot we can do about it. This is one of those > >> historical mistakes that you can't fix without breaking with > >> 30+ years of history. It's not worth the hassle IMO... > > > > Hi, Marcel > > > > I think we can just set gpt_first = 16 in g_part_bsd_create for new > > tables and for existing tables also set gpt_first = 16 if all partitions > > don not use this space. Something like this (untested): > > You may want to look at /etc/disktab. Are you willing to > change all entries and deal with the consequences? :-) I do not see any problems here especially for gpart(8). bsdlabel(8) does not use gpart(8), it still can write label directly to the provider and it will be detected as before. -- WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOCMpNAAoJEAHF6gQQyKF610sH+gI1YkmdkeCLLDZdn/UUozb8 pUa+2uhH7TlrKsXLzBlL416iMskNNcuSXwXNPr22G4v/PS0LRQKXwQQXblTa+tlM H2Fnuksos3PWTy3u+IUgbMIVY12CG27xHLg20fBZ3ji3vMPyokJ4nE7/xnnmbD4N SY1u1Kr86aYxGkgMazfl7RbjNbNYYlAENvg5Tz8yPo0EoCE55LEIZIMuRs7X53i4 QhG68coid3uy4EFh6QiI0QOoKJi0Zp9ku0ryt+M2QucqCEIpS9PZ+ghQ3oFc5F0s CtFVq8Jf46US/rCJwUPgu+qGvV4/nucWigefvU0LiTHRnCpbwt+kO0S7kCxw6zM= =B7LZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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