From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 12 06:57:13 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [8.8.178.116]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 68D0E73F; Thu, 12 Jun 2014 06:57:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from butcher-nb.yandex.net (hub.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:88]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29AD6264F; Thu, 12 Jun 2014 06:57:11 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <53994F15.1080504@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:56:21 +0400 From: "Andrey V. Elsukov" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nathan Whitehorn , src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r267359 - in head: sbin/geom/class/part sys/geom/part sys/modules/geom/geom_part sys/modules/geom/geom_part/geom_part_bsd64 References: <201406111042.s5BAgZuY098764@svn.freebsd.org> <53987127.1050406@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <53987127.1050406@freebsd.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 06:57:13 -0000 On 11.06.2014 19:09, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >> Add disklabel64 support to GEOM_PART class. >> This partitioning scheme is used in DragonFlyBSD. It is similar to >> BSD disklabel, but has the following improvements: >> * metadata has own dedicated place and isn't accessible through >> partitions; >> * all offsets are 64-bit; >> * supports 16 partitions by default (has reserved place for more); >> * has reserved place for backup label (but not yet implemented); >> * has UUIDs for partitions and partition types; >> > > Is this something worth adding to the installer/sade partition types > menu? On the one hand, we support it. On the other hand, it's not > bootable on any architecture. So I can't make up my mind. Hi, I think it isn't intended for the installer, until we haven't any bootcode. -- WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov