On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Garrett Cooper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 16, 2011, at 5:32 PM, Xin LI wrote: > >> On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Garrett Cooper <[email protected]> wrote: >> [...] >>> The attach will fail with the following message: >>> >>> geli: MD5 hash mismatch for /dev/md0. >> >> I'm pretty sure that this is from userland, and because FreeBSD 9.x >> have support of GELI metadata version 6, while 8.2 have support up to >> metadata version 5. It's not a regression IMHO. > > In other words this is a design flaw, because geli metadata is only forwards > compatible. One of FreeBSD's claims to fame is its backwards compatibility -- > why aren't geom developers adhering to this?
Backward compatibility is that you can expect what's working in an older version of FreeBSD would just work on a newer version of FreeBSD, not the contrary. Cheers, -- Xin LI <[email protected]> https://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-geom To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
