Subject: toolchain/30673: A single arch host disklabel isn't enough
To: None <toolchain-manager@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 07/06/2005 06:35:01
>Number: 30673
>Category: toolchain
>Synopsis: single arch host disklabel isn't enough
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: low
>Responsible: toolchain-manager
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Jul 06 06:35:01 +0000 2005
>Originator: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
>Release: NetBSD -current after June 12 2005
>Organization:
Wasabi Systems
>Environment:
>Description:
Currently there is only a single host disklabel command per
architecture. The problem is that different machine types
within an architecture may have different label sectors and
offsets, so a single machine type disklabel isn't enought.
>How-To-Repeat:
Code inspection.
>Fix:
Create separate nbdisklabel-<machine> or nb<machine>-disklabel
or (even worse) <arch>-<machine>-netbsd-disklabel commands
instead of just <arch>--netbsd-disklabel ?