Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 08:18:36 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU>, n0go013 <ttz@blahdeblah.demon.co.uk>, current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>, not on list - please copy <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: [ GEOM tests ] vinum drives lost Message-ID: <20021005151836.7ECE22A88D@canning.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <20021005222145.V11767-100000@gamplex.bde.org>
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Bruce Evans wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
> > Worst case you will have the option to use:
> >
> > options NOGEOM
> > options vinum
>
> A NOGEOM option would be as acceptable as a NOFFS option for turning off
> forcing of the one true file system down everyone's throats.
Part of the problem there is a weakness in config that I've threatened
to fix on more than one occasion. We do not have a way to have options
default to on and let people turn the option off. Negative options
("options NOFOO") are a poor substitute. In the past, a couple of things
were unifdefed that might have been better served as being 'default to on'
options or drivers.
This of course is ignoring the issue of geom vs the disklabel code.
Cheers,
-Peter
--
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