Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 16:19:55 +0200 From: Harald Schmalzbauer <harry@schmalzbauer.de> To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: kern/73251: GEOM_GPT only works with ACPI in the kernel, not as module Message-ID: <200507031619.58258@harrymail> In-Reply-To: <200410310033.i9V0X0s9013757@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200410310033.i9V0X0s9013757@freefall.freebsd.org>
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--nextPart1457663.V14ZnvX2zn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Am Sonntag, 31. Oktober 2004 02:33 schrieb Marcel Moolenaar: > Synopsis: GEOM_GPT only works with ACPI in the kernel, not as module > > State-Changed-From-To: open->closed > State-Changed-By: marcel > State-Changed-When: Sun Oct 31 00:22:19 GMT 2004 > State-Changed-Why: > The problem described in this PR has nothing to do with ACPI and is not > even specific to GPT (except for the fact that it's currently only MBR It was a timing problem and really depended on the way ACPI was enabled.=20 The whole problem doesn't exist anymore since the -k option has gone and=20 so many ACPI changes were made in the meantime... =2DHarry > and GPT that can coexist). What is described is that GEOM does not allow > multiple slicers on a single provider. Both the MBR and GPT reside on > the same disk and GEOM will only create devices for one. There's however > a window in which all device special files exist: when no file system > has been mounted. As soon as a file system is mounted, the slicer under > which the file system is mounted survives. The other disappears. > > As such, this PR describes a configuration problem caused by the use of > invalid options (like the -k option to gpt migrate). GPT can not be used > on a disk that already has a MBR, it is defined that way by the GPT > specification and we only allow it in FreeBSD for debugging purposes. > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D73251 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-bugs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --nextPart1457663.V14ZnvX2zn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCx/QOBylq0S4AzzwRAmMdAJwN3BlxON3/KLcaj0+azoeNOT8mSQCeNg0l YOBMdzlrx+0EHhweZpfXRlw= =8ol5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1457663.V14ZnvX2zn--
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