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Date:      Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:13:57 +0200
From:      Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
To:        PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: plip0 & GEOM_LABEL
Message-ID:  <20090817191357.GA99912@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <4A89A8CF.1000704@videotron.ca>
References:  <4A89A8CF.1000704@videotron.ca>

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On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 03:00:31PM -0400, PJ wrote:
> version 7.2 GENERIC kernel
> on bootup,
> dmesg shows plip0: WARNING: using obsoleted IFF_NEEDSGIANT flag
> Is this significant? Of what?

It means that someone should update this driver. But unless you are using y=
our
parallel port for IP traffic (and who does these days?) it won't bother you.
=20
> Then, GEOM_LABEL: bunch of labels removed....
> Same question?

The geom software now automatically assigns (unchanging) labels to UFS
filesystems. This enables people to mount filesystems correctly even if the
harddisk is moved to a different controller. E.g. /dev/da4s1g might become
/dev/da6s1g, but its labeled device /dev/ufsid/482e0880cf225c60 would not
change. The labels are removed if a partition is mounted, which the warning
mentions. It is harmless.

> And how to I get rid of the GEOM_LABEL: stuff - it seems unnecessary...

You might have to dig into the geom code... :-)

Roland
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