Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 09:30:48 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> 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: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104030929410.72918-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010402113403.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, 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 all > > 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. The ia64 *can* use an MBR and slices but it would prefer to use a new partiioning scheme called GPT which is defined in the EFI spec. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Phone: +44 20 8348 6160 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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