Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 07:22:55 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf NOTES files options src/sys/geom geom_gpt.c geom_mbr.c src/sys/sys gpt.h Message-ID: <20020529071953.D22842-100000@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20020528205834.568D7380A@overcee.wemm.org>
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On Tue, 28 May 2002, Peter Wemm wrote: > Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > Modified files: > > sys/conf NOTES files options > > sys/geom geom_mbr.c > > Added files: > > sys/geom geom_gpt.c > > sys/sys gpt.h > > Log: > [..] > > GPT_ENT_TYPE_FREEBSD > > FreeBSD slice with disklabel. This is the equivalent of > > the well-known FreeBSD MBR partition type. > > GPT_ENT_TYPE_FREEBSD_{SWAP|UFS|UFS2|VINUM} > > FreeBSD partitions in the context of disklabel. This is > > speculating on the idea to use the GPT to hold partitions > > instead if slices and removing the fixed (and low) limits > > we have on the number of partitions. > > We really do not want to put a 32 bit LBA 8-partition disklabel inside a 64 > bit LBA partition layout with a max of 16384 partitions. :-) Excellent. We can kill the disklabel and complications to manage layered labels, and have only slices. I intended to deprecate labels but never got around to it. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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