Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:37:33 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More on 2.2.6 upgrade Message-ID: <199803301937.MAA07704@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980330114100.485W-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> References: <199803301637.JAA07151@mt.sri.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980330114100.485W-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>
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> > > There should be a bit of explaination if it is a feature because > > > if I need to create sd1s1[a-h]: > > > > > > sh MAKEDEV sd1 doesn't work, > > > sh MAKEDEV sd1s1 doesn't work, but > > > sh MAKEDEV sd1s1a does work. > > > > > > It is plausible that the first form not working is a feature, but > > > I'm not convinced that the second form not working is a feature. > > > > Why not. On my box 'sd1s1' is *NOT* a FreeBSD partition. > > I understand that partition entries may not be appropriate for > all slices, but I still think the human interface is wrong. I think 'wrong' is a bit strong. Matter of fact, I think the human interface is better this way. See below. > > Ok, but that doesn't make the second form any more intuitive. > > Sure it does. There is a well established historical precedent > of supplying MAKEDEV with the name and unit of a disk-like > device, either physical or logical, to create partitions a-h > logically contained within that device. Maybe I'm just whacked, > but a slice sure seems like a disk-like device to me. But it's not. The 'historical precedence' changed at FreeBSD 2.0, so I'd say there's a long historical precedence for *NOT* behaving this way. :) > MAKEDEV sd1 creates sd1[a-h]. A well established behavior. I would argue that it shouldn't now. It should only create the partitions if you give it: MAKEDEV sd1a > MAKEDEV sd1s1 creates sd1s1, but no partitons. Hmm... Because a slice is not a FreeBSD partition. As a matter of fact, more often than not it is NOT a FreeBSD partition. > MAKEDEV sd1s1a creates sd1s1[a-h], but... > MAKEDEV sd1a tells me I supplied a bad unit number! I think this should be fixed as above. > Now, where is the consistency in that? It's inconsistant, not an error. > Incidentally, if it is an error to generate sd1s1[a-h] for > non-FreeBSD slices, is it not also an error to generate sd1[a-h] > entries for a "non-dedicated" disk? Who said anything about an error? It doesn't make sense, but it's ceratainly not an error. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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