From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 20 22:54:29 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C208F106566C; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:54:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivoras@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f164.google.com (mail-bw0-f164.google.com [209.85.218.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A07E18FC1E; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:54:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivoras@gmail.com) Received: by bwz8 with SMTP id 8so1011018bwz.43 for ; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:54:27 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090320221211.GA5205@flint.openpave.org> References: <200903202151.n2KLpRMB014702@svn.freebsd.org> <20090320221211.GA5205@flint.openpave.org> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:54:12 +0100 Received: by 10.204.117.65 with SMTP id p1mr1416367bkq.91.1237589667537; Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:54:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <9bbcef730903201554x773f46bdy890c8ab48760dce2@mail.gmail.com> From: Ivan Voras To: Jeremy Lea Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Marcel Moolenaar Subject: Re: svn commit: r190182 - head X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:54:30 -0000 2009/3/20 Jeremy Lea : > Hi, > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 09:51:27PM +0000, Ivan Voras wrote: >> +20090320: >> + =C2=A0 =C2=A0 GEOM_PART has become the default partition slicer for st= orage devices, >> + =C2=A0 =C2=A0 replacing GEOM_MBR, GEOM_BSD, GEOM_PC98 and GEOM_GPT sli= cers. It >> + =C2=A0 =C2=A0 introduces some changes: the devices created from MSDOS = extended >> + =C2=A0 =C2=A0 partition entries (EBR) can be named differently than wi= th GEOM_MBR >> + =C2=A0 =C2=A0 and are now symlinks to devices with offset-based names,= and kernel >> + =C2=A0 =C2=A0 dumps are now not allowed to be written to devices whose= partition >> + =C2=A0 =C2=A0 types indicate they are meant to be used for file system= s. >> + > > This should probably also note the issue with stale disklabels from old > DD mode disks, which causes the machine to be unbootable. =C2=A0It should > also mention the "geometry does not match label (255h,63s !=3D 16h,63s)" > message (which appears to be harmless), and it should also probably > mention that the c partition now covers the entire disk, not just the > "DOS partition"... =C2=A0And it should be noted that these changes took p= lace > in Decemeber, so that people have a better chance of knowing if they are > going to be bitten. Ok. Should I re-sort the note into December (probably not since it mentions development from a large period) or just mention it in text? @Marcel: is the warning important (I didn't encounter it yet; I guess it probably a quirk of UFS?) and is the "c" change intended? (isn't it time to abandon the special case of "c"?)