itojun@iijlab.net wrote:

> >> 	sys/arch/*/*/disksubr.c contains very similar code for:
> >> 	- searching disklabel on DOS MBR partition
> >> 	- searching disklabel on specific location
> >> 	  (location varies by platform)
> >> 	- some other disklabel lookup function
> >> 
> >> 	i'm wondering if someone have made these functions MI...
>
> >I haven't done it, but I agree with you.  I was thinking of
> >making the code MI and specifying in MD header files which
> >partition-grovelling routines to consider.  I considered doing
> >this to get my hp300 disks to work on i386.  In the end I
> >didn't have too, since I could place both disklabels on the
> >disk without trouble.
> 
> 	it looks to me sys/arch/hp700/hp700/disklabel.c is the most generic
> 	and covers a lot of cases (including endian swapping!).  i think it
> 	good to start from it.

Yeah, that's what I was trying to say.  Let's do it.

	-- Gregory McGarry <g.mcgarry@ieee.org>