[PATCH] Do tasting for UFS's id and volume only for freebsd-ufs partitions

[Pawel Jakub Dawidek]

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 03:58:38PM +0300, Andrey V. Elsukov wrote:
> Hi All.
> 
> I saw several strangest problem reports where UFS labels were
> successfully tasted for an inappropriate provider.
> So, what you thing about proposed patch?
> 
> It add new handled attribute to geom PART class - "PART::type".
> It does return partition type for given consumer.
> Also it does limit tasting for UFS labels only for "freebsd-ufs"
> providers.

What's wrong with placing UFS on raw disk or GELI-encrypted provider?
In my opinion this patch limits functionality too much.

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       http://www.wheelsystems.com
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