Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 09:26:58 +0100 From: Peter Blok <pblok@bsd4all.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GEOM + Vinum Message-ID: <200401210926.58960.pblok@bsd4all.org> In-Reply-To: <20040120211804.D605@korben.in.tern> References: <20040120201119.W53587-100000@x12.dk> <400D8B24.8090108@wooten.com> <20040120211804.D605@korben.in.tern>
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Hi, I'm one of the users in need of a clean update path. I will dedicate a system for update and geom_vinum tests. Peter On Tuesday 20 January 2004 21:25, Lukas Ertl wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Kevin Wooten wrote: > > >My 2 cents is to start building the house from the ground with the geom > > >classes, then add on the algorithms from the existing vinum. > > >and end up with the roof as is the the vinum configuration tool. > > > > My point is that with the GEOM config...who needs vinum config?? > > People should have a clean update path and FreeBSD has always respected > POLA. What I know from the recent thread about vinum and GEOM, and given > that there will be more upcoming changes to the I/O infrastructure, vinum > is likely to be broken once FreeBSD 5.3 is out. > > The 5.3 branch should clearly be a -stable branch once again, and if we > want people to finally upgrade from 4.x, they have to be able to do it > without much fuss. > > So, providing a completely compatible geom_vinum is a must, IMHO. > > regards, > le
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