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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.

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Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
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