Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 13:58:34 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org> Cc: 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: <20020528205834.568D7380A@overcee.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <200205280904.g4S94nu58457@freefall.freebsd.org>
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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. :-)
Cheers,
-Peter
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