On Jun 26, 2012, at 9:50 PM, Andrey V. Elsukov wrote: > If the primary GPT is corrupt, software must check the last LBA of the device > to see if it has a > valid GPT Header and point to a valid GPT Partition Entry Array." > > For the FreeBSD an each GEOM provider can be treated as disk device. > So, i don't see anything criminal if we will add some quirks in the our loader > for the better supporting of our technologies.
You can't just re-interpret standards to match a context you know very well isn't applicable and consequently redefine what the word "device" means. You're on a slippery slope and while you may not see it as a problem, you do make it a problem for FreeBSD users. It's our users we should be keeping in mind when we solve problems. > If a user wants modify GPT in the disk editor from the another OS, > he can do it, and it should work. The result depends only from the partition > editor, > it might overwrite the last sector and might don't. Right. Another happy user that sees his/her FreeBSD installation destroyed or degraded (no mirroring, warning messages about corrupted GPT, etc) for no apparent reason and without any kind of warning that what he/she is doing is potentially harmful... That's the spirit! -- Marcel Moolenaar mar...@xcllnt.net _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
