From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 7 21:02:05 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C433316A401; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 21:02:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [209.31.154.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97B9913C428; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 21:02:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [209.31.154.41]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43AE04CB5C; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 16:02:05 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 21:02:05 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert Watson X-X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: Marcel Moolenaar In-Reply-To: <16A7B376-03A7-4C99-A5EC-B9C182E718BF@mac.com> Message-ID: <20070207210123.N23167@fledge.watson.org> References: <200702071855.l17ItVkw041132@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070207200130.J23167@fledge.watson.org> <16A7B376-03A7-4C99-A5EC-B9C182E718BF@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/conf GENERIC src/sys/arm/conf EP80219 src/sys/conf NOTES files files.powerpc options src/sys/geom geom_apple.c geom_gpt.c src/sys/geom/part g_part.c g_part.h g_part_apm.c g_part_gpt.c g_part_if.m src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC ... X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 21:02:05 -0000 On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: >>> Evolve the ctlreq interface added to geom_gpt into a generic partitioning >>> class that supports multiple schemes. Current schemes supported are APM >>> (Apple Partition Map) and GPT. Change all GEOM_APPLE anf GEOM_GPT options >>> into GEOM_PART_APM and GEOM_PART_GPT (resp). >>> >>> The ctlreq interface supports verbs to create and destroy partitioning >>> schemes on a disk; to add, delete and modify partitions; and to commit or >>> undo changes made. >> >> Does this mean we can expect to see the disabling of GEOM exclusive-use >> protections disappear from normal administrative activities soon, as there >> will now be approved channels to incrementally change the layout of in-use >> partition tables? > > Yes, that's the idea. A tool will be developed first that uses these verbs > (though I already have a regression test suite capable of creating and > modifying APM and GPT partitions). After that the idea is to migrate other > partitioning schemes and slicers into this framework. The end-result being a > single tool for partitioning disks with any and all schemes supported by the > framework and using the ctlreq mechanism to work on live disks. Sounds great! Thanks, Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge