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Date:      Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:55:38 +0200
From:      Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org>
To:        Harald Schmalzbauer <h.schmalzbauer@omnilan.de>
Cc:        Dimitry Andric <dimitry@andric.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: gmirror provider name limit [Was: Re: geom_label: gpt/labelname for gmirror provider?]
Message-ID:  <9bbcef730907281255u3f426923g886893585899d210@mail.gmail.com>
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2009/7/28 Harald Schmalzbauer <h.schmalzbauer@omnilan.de>:
> Dimitry Andric schrieb am 16.07.2009 13:30 (localtime):
>>
>> On 2009-07-16 09:43, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote:
>>>
>>> I found that the name of the provider for gmirror mustn't exceed 15
>>> characters. `gmirror` doesn't complain if you specify a provider name l=
onger
>>> that 15 characters, but the mirror won't be detected.
>>> So for example it's impossible to use gptid as provider.
>>> At least this should be documented in the man page(es, I guess this
>>> restriction applies to graid3 etc. also)
>>
>> As far as I can see, this limit applies to gconcat, gjournal, gmirror,
>> graid3, gshsec and gstripe:
>>
>> sys/geom/concat/g_concat.h:96: =C2=A0char =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0md_provider[16]; /*
>> Hardcoded provider. */
>> sys/geom/journal/g_journal.h:292: =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 char =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0md_provider[16];
>> /* Hardcoded provider. */
>> sys/geom/mirror/g_mirror.h:250: char =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0md_provider[16]; /*
>> Hardcoded provider. */
>> sys/geom/raid3/g_raid3.h:281: =C2=A0 char =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0md_provider[16]; /*
>> Hardcoded provider. */
>> sys/geom/shsec/g_shsec.h:88: =C2=A0 =C2=A0char =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0md_provider[16]; /*
>> Hardcoded provider. */
>> sys/geom/stripe/g_stripe.h:91: =C2=A0char =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0md_provider[16]; /*
>> Hardcoded provider. */
>
> Are there any problems to expect when extending the array size?

If you mean the char array of the provider name then yes, it cannot be
done without introducing a new metadata version (and then if it fits).

> To make use og gptid it had to be 43.

I don't follow you on this - why gptid and why 43?

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