Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:26:13 -0700 From: Matthew Jacob <mj@feral.com> To: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r197608 - head/sys/geom/part Message-ID: <4AC24335.1060306@feral.com> In-Reply-To: <EF993D67-F575-45CC-98EC-A1163EF15B50@mac.com> References: <200909282352.n8SNql1n069970@svn.freebsd.org> <200909290749.08764.jhb@freebsd.org> <1F22EA6A-2793-45CE-9669-3FFD550CF4E2@mac.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909291759180.94746@fledge.watson.org> <EF993D67-F575-45CC-98EC-A1163EF15B50@mac.com>
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Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > We really need to get to a point where we treat partition types > seriously and > use it to help avoid false positives. Reducing or eliminating false > positives > is critical if we ever want to go towards DWIM or auto-mounting. With the > partition type taken into consideration, we may be able to eliminate > ad hoc > checks, like the zero check in g_part_ebr, without creating false > positives. > True but keep in mind that partition types are actually getting actually less important. The label is not what is in the container- only a filesystem checker can really adequately figure out whether something is mountable.
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