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> A related question: are there issues (regarding booting, etc) with
> removing all partition/slice/ file system code from the different
> device drivers and having a single "dk" device that gets wired to
> the other block devices? Essentially have the base device be a
> trusting client of a dk device that handles all that stuff.

I have suggested a hierarchy of devices, based on device type,
instance, and partitioning in the past.

There is no inhernet reason (except unwarranted love of the past)
that this could not be implemented.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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