Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:09:18 +0100 From: Rink Springer <rink@FreeBSD.org> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> Cc: Rink Springer <rink@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: small newfs_msdos addition Message-ID: <20081125100918.GB64854@rink.nu> In-Reply-To: <20081125100243.GA19436@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> References: <20081125094125.GA18669@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <20081125094635.GA64854@rink.nu> <20081125100243.GA19436@onelab2.iet.unipi.it>
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On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 11:02:43AM +0100, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > Right now it does this: > > > newfs_msdos /tmp/aaa > newfs_msdos: warning: /tmp/aaa is not a character device > /tmp/aaa: 20424 sectors in 2553 FAT12 clusters (4096 bytes/cluster) > bps=512 spc=8 res=1 nft=2 rde=512 sec=20480 mid=0xf0 spf=8 spt=64 hds=32 hid=0 > > so the warning is there already. > I am a bit reluctant to add one more option -- the whole goal was to > make it easy to use, otherwise one could just exploit the existing flags. Yes, that makes sense. > > When I create a md(4), I may have accidently forgotten to specify the > > geometry and I would like to be reminded that it made something up, > > well, the whole geometry thing (and disktab) is a relic of the past. > These days it is completley meaningless -- hard disks always have a fake > geometry (63sec/255heads), same for flash memories... Well, I vaguely recall problems when trying to boot from FAT12 filesystems for use on bootable CD's where the geometry was off... However, this was quite a long time ago so my memory may be lapsing. I think this change makes sense, especially since it will always inform you of what it did. I'd say it's OK to commit. Regards, -- Rink P.W. Springer - http://rink.nu "Anyway boys, this is America. Just because you get more votes doesn't mean you win." - Fox Mulder
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