Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 14:13:15 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libdisk create_chunk.c write_disk.c Message-ID: <200104022113.f32LDFh14581@mobile.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010402113403.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin wrote:
>
> On 01-Apr-01 David E. O'Brien wrote:
> > obrien 2001/04/01 04:37:31 PDT
> >
> > Modified files:
> > lib/libdisk create_chunk.c write_disk.c
> > Log:
> > Try to untangle some of the #ifdef spaghetti.
> > Also, looking to the future, don't assume all the world is an i386 and al
l
> > its disk layout brain damage will be repeated by other platforms. So all
> > the diking out if we are an Alpha, becomes adding in if we are an i386.
>
> Actually, IA64 uses a MBR and slices, too. I'd almost rather you use #ifdef
> USE_SLICES or something like that and have each arch set appropriate defines
to
> describe its disk layout.
Umm, that's not what I remember.. it is EFI based, and uses pure LBA
partitioning.
Cheers,
-Peter
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