From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 08:17:33 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47D261065670 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:17:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (trang.nuxi.org [74.95.12.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D2D78FC2A for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:17:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id mBQ81kGS026033; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:01:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id mBQ81kra026032; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:01:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:01:46 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Marcel Moolenaar Message-ID: <20081226080146.GB25406@dragon.NUXI.org> Mail-Followup-To: obrien@freebsd.org, Marcel Moolenaar , FreeBSD Current , freebsd-geom@freebsd.org References: <3a142e750812201747o339d7298p11236bb02c7f858f@mail.gmail.com> <20081223050425.GA89448@citylink.fud.org.nz> <6D4A57D3-3F6D-43E6-9B69-95514F69C57A@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: FreeBSD Current , freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changed names of logical disks on recent -CURRENT: part of logical disks not accessible now X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:17:33 -0000 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 : > 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)