Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 15:53:18 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: NOC Meganet <tec@mega.net.br> Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org, Arne W?rner <arne_woerner@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: hd device names Message-ID: <20070601195318.GA57337@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200706011645.48111.tec@mega.net.br> References: <506722.42229.qm@web30307.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <200706011645.48111.tec@mega.net.br>
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On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 04:45:47PM -0300, NOC Meganet wrote: > On Friday 01 June 2007 11:30:24 Arne W?rner wrote: > > --- NOC Prowip <tec@mega.net.br> wrote: > > > > Why d?nt u use glabel? > > > > > > hmm, I never considered it > > > but I guess it does not solve my problem because let's say da0 is the > > > provider and da0 might have still the label I gave it but the OS can not > > > see it since it is then aacd0 after changing the controller or am I > > > wrong? > > > > Hmm... > > > > Advisory: :-)) > > 1. > > Just try it. Dont believe me without thorough testing... :-) > > E. g. with (a) mdconfig -a -u 0 -f testdevfile ; glabel label -v fook md0 ; > > mdconfig -d -u 0 ; mdconfig -a -u 69 -f testdevfile ; ls /dev/label > > > > 2. > > I think that is one advantage of glabel: It does not care for the device > > name, but it just tastes the last sector of each device, as soon as it > > shows up (e. g. after the reboot). > > > > > thank's Arne, I will give it a try on a test machine and give you a feedback > on it Also this has nothing to do with FreeBSD performance so followups should be elsewhere. Kris
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