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Date:      Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:16:56 +0200
From:      Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: I am too dumb to understand geom(4)
Message-ID:  <l16pav$f8a$1@ger.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <1379107784.2739.31.camel@localhost>
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On 13/09/2013 23:29, Sean Bruno wrote:
> How does one make geom_concat(4) load at boot, assume two devices are t=
o
> be used as a single concatenated device and then create
> the /dev/<whatever> device for it?
>=20
> My MIPS kernconf has:
>=20
> # GEOM modules
> device          geom_map        # to get access to the SPI flash
> partitions
> device          geom_uncompress # compressed in-memory filesystem
> hackery!
> device          geom_concat     #=20
> device          geom_label      #=20
> options         GEOM_CONCAT     # concatenation device support
> options         GEOM_UNCOMPRESS
> options         GEOM_LABEL
>=20
> And yet, I am unable to use gconcat to do anthing useful:
>=20
> # gconcat
> usage: gconcat help
>        gconcat list [-a] [name ...]
>        gconcat status [-ags] [name ...]
>        gconcat load [-v]
>        gconcat unload [-v]

You are missing the "gconcat label" command. These commands are
implemented by .so helper libraries provided by GEOM classes, in this
case /lib/geom/geom_concat.so, so you need to make sure it exists. It
has nothing to do with the kernel.



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