svn commit: r267359 - in head: sbin/geom/class/part sys/geom/part sys/modules/geom/geom_part sys/modules/geom/geom_part/geom_part_bsd64

[Nathan Whitehorn]

On 06/11/14 03:42, Andrey V. Elsukov wrote:
> Author: ae
> Date: Wed Jun 11 10:42:34 2014
> New Revision: 267359
> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/267359
>
> Log:
>    Add disklabel64 support to GEOM_PART class.
>    
>    This partitioning scheme is used in DragonFlyBSD. It is similar to
>    BSD disklabel, but has the following improvements:
>    * metadata has own dedicated place and isn't accessible through partitions;
>    * all offsets are 64-bit;
>    * supports 16 partitions by default (has reserved place for more);
>    * has reserved place for backup label (but not yet implemented);
>    * has UUIDs for partitions and partition types;
>    
>

Is this something worth adding to the installer/sade partition types 
menu? On the one hand, we support it. On the other hand, it's not 
bootable on any architecture. So I can't make up my mind.
-Nathan