Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 14:24:40 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libdisk Makefile chunk.c write_alpha_dis Message-ID: <XFMail.20021025142440.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200210251535.g9PFZTOD072982@dotar.thuvia.org>
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On 25-Oct-2002 Mark Valentine wrote: >> From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> >> Date: Fri 25 Oct, 2002 >> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libdisk Makefile chunk.c write_alpha_dis > >> Just how do you intend to use "standard BSD device naming" for a >> scheme which supports up to 16k partitions ? > > By mapping /dev/da0[a-z] onto partitions I will likely use. > > I am not precluding a new naming scheme to cope with new demands, simply > stating that the existing scheme, which caters for 99% per cent of cases, > should be preserved. This is about like asking someone to stick a propeller on the end of an F-22 and expect it to look and act like a Cessna. This is not realistic and is just a hack. We no longer work on Vaxes in the 1980's. Seriously. Trying to fit new paradigms into an old format that really isn't an abstraction but you are trying to turn into some kind of weird abstraction that most people don't actually use just makes no sense from a future perspective. Why would you want to design yourself into a hole that you already know isn't big enough for stuff that exists right now much less things in the future? I'm just amazed that people really think their i386 box uses the same disk layout as some VAX from the 1980's. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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