From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 15 12:43:02 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5427016A4CE for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 12:43:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bgo1smout1.broadpark.no (bgo1smout1.broadpark.no [217.13.4.94]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F421C43D2D for ; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 12:43:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no ([217.13.4.93]) by bgo1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IDE00AGQ8EHWAA0@bgo1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:37:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from dsa.des.no ([80.203.228.37]) by bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IDE00LX88QLEJG1@bgo1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:44:45 +0100 (CET) Received: by dsa.des.no (Pony Express, from userid 666) id 56A369B55C; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:42:56 +0100 (CET) Received: from xps.des.no (xps.des.no [10.0.0.12]) by dsa.des.no (Pony Express) with ESMTP id AADB19B4BD; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:42:52 +0100 (CET) Received: by xps.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A0ED933C3E; Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:42:52 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:42:52 +0100 From: des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=) In-reply-to: To: Stas Myasnikov Message-id: <86ll8pkrlf.fsf@xps.des.no> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on dsa.des.no References: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is this GEOM thing? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 12:43:02 -0000 Stas Myasnikov writes: > Can anyone tell me what is GEOM basically? I know that there's geom@, > but I think it's about concrete realisation. It's an abstraction layer for dealing with disk transformations (partitioning, RAID, encryption etc.) > I know that it's a layer between device drivers and devfs, but do > I really need it on my home PC? Should I include it in the KERNEL? GEOM is not optional. Your computer would be unable to boot without it. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no