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Date:      Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:03:00 +0200
From:      Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>
Cc:        "src-committers@FreeBSD.org" <src-committers@FreeBSD.org>, Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org>, "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bz@FreeBSD.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, "svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org" <svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org>, "svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org" <svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r220982 - in head: . sys/amd64/conf sys/arm/conf sys/conf sys/i386/conf sys/ia64/conf sys/mips/conf sys/mips/malta sys/pc98/conf sys/powerpc/conf sys/sparc64/conf sys/sun4v/conf
Message-ID:  <20110426070300.GD2472@garage.freebsd.pl>
In-Reply-To: <11B524F2-70D6-4B8A-BC7C-005EB5D6E393@gmail.com>
References:  <201104240858.p3O8wwqT024628@svn.freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1104241140070.36270@fledge.watson.org> <4DB441B0.8020906@FreeBSD.org> <CD028561-B550-4896-BE65-7C827BE6A34A@FreeBSD.org> <20110425134531.GA4391@garage.freebsd.pl> <50385B7B-7EC8-4BC3-8F88-83F9EB4096FB@bsdimp.com> <4DB5A166.9010302@FreeBSD.org> <11B524F2-70D6-4B8A-BC7C-005EB5D6E393@gmail.com>

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On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 12:16:22PM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> I'd prefer having an UPDATING note with all of the affected areas so that=
 people can understand what needs to change and adjust their systems accord=
ingly. As far as geom based hardcoding is concerned: maybe this can serve a=
s a good lesson of what shouldn't be done and what should be fixed/have a t=
ranslation layer added for this item?

Hardcoding provider names in metadata is not mistake. It was added to
protect against hacks like the 'c' partition. In the system there might
be serval providers representing exactly same data and hardcoding
provider name allows to choose the proper one.

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       http://www.wheelsystems.com
FreeBSD committer                         http://www.FreeBSD.org
Am I Evil? Yes, I Am!                     http://yomoli.com

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