newfs_msdos and dvd-ram (fwsectors, fwheads)
Poul-Henning Kamp
phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Thu Feb 21 22:51:42 UTC 2008
In message <47BD6F39.7080105 at icyb.net.ua>, Andriy Gapon writes:
>on 17/02/2008 13:39 Andriy Gapon said the following:
>I see two approaches:
>1) fake those properties in device drivers, primarily cd(4) and acd(4);
> benefit: this can help other utilities besides newfs_msdos
No.
The geom attributes are provided if they are available only.
It is the responsibility of the application code to decide
and handle their absence.
>2) fake those properties in newfs_msdof;
> benefit: this would help with other physical devices that can host
> FAT;
This is the way to do it, but it might make sense to make a library
routine do it, to get consistent behaviour.
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