Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 09:37:07 -0700 From: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vmware reads disk on non-sector boundary Message-ID: <200210031637.MAA01800@rodney.cnchost.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 04 Oct 2002 02:03:28 %2B1000." <20021004012906.S4315-100000@gamplex.bde.org>
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> It was desired, and was sort of promised. I never understood why removal of block devices was allowed in the first place. phk's reasons don't seem strong enough to any unix wizard I have talked to. Did the majority of the core really think the change was warranted? Removing compatibility when the change _doesn't_ bring a *substantial* improvement doesn't seem right. How hard would it be to bring back block devices without GEOM? Is there a write up somewhere on what GEOM is and its benefits? I'd hate to see it become the default without understanding it (and no, reading source code doesn't do it). Thanks! -- bakul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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