Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:01:46 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changed names of logical disks on recent -CURRENT: part of logical disks not accessible now Message-ID: <20081226080146.GB25406@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <A3628E7B-4D26-4A1E-A537-610E59CE47BD@mac.com> References: <ac42db050812201132s7c2ca7bekc9c0e60a728314ce@mail.gmail.com> <3a142e750812201747o339d7298p11236bb02c7f858f@mail.gmail.com> <20081223050425.GA89448@citylink.fud.org.nz> <6D4A57D3-3F6D-43E6-9B69-95514F69C57A@mac.com> <ac42db050812231103j54087613gffad2827eba14a03@mail.gmail.com> <A3628E7B-4D26-4A1E-A537-610E59CE47BD@mac.com>
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On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 11:28:14AM -0800, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > On Dec 23, 2008, at 11:03 AM, gelraen wrote: >> 2008/12/23 Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com>: > Well, the question is whether to expose the nesting > in the naming or use a flattened partition naming > scheme. Secondly, how generic do you want to make the > flattening. > > With flattening, you have ad0sX, with X from 1 to many. > Without flattening you get ad0sX[sY...], with X and Y > from 1 to 4. > > What you suggest is a partial flattening: adsXsY, with > X from 1 to 4 and Y from 1 to many. Yuck. Why does the slice names have to change from ad0s5 for the first partition within an exteneded partition. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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