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Date:      Fri, 30 Sep 2016 09:56:59 -0000
From:      "Ganael LAPLANCHE" <martymac@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ultima <ultima1252@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org,freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [patch] Improving the 'zpool labelclear' command
Message-ID:  <20160930095205.M29574@martymac.org>
In-Reply-To: <CANJ8om4A6f20F5Z9W-m0hCCQ5A207ftQOzdzXWF%2Buw9SJ%2B-3Dg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:13:52 -0400, Ultima wrote

> > In case you are interested, I have posted a patch to improve the 'zpool
> > labelclear' command here :
> >
> > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204622
> >
> > - force ('-f') will now allow to erase labels, even if they are broken
> > (restoring the behaviour of our previous -FreeBSD- version of
labelclear)
> > - You can select which label you want to erase (beginning, end or
> > specific index)
> > - You can use a 'minimal' mode which will invalidate a label by changing
> > only a single byte. This is useful to minimize the chances to
> > overwrite/destroy a FS that would have been created over the label, but
> > still leaving the label visible.
>
> This patch looks good its too bad the core hasn't looked at it 
> yet. Ill do some testing and report any issues found. Some 
> points you bring up in the bug are quite valid. Thanks for 
> working on this! =]

Thanks. Yes, it would be nice if a src committer could take a look at it.

Any feedback welcome :)

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