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Re: GPT attributes in dkwedgeq



On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 11:07:33AM -0000, Michael van Elst wrote:
> A flag in GPT that is supposed to be used by a bootloader now causes
> changes in the kernel disk infrastructure to be used for a magic solution
> limited to the raidframe driver ?

Right, it is bad design. Re-parsing the GPT in raidframe code seems wrong 
too. Shall I modify struct dkwedge_info to add an union for the underlying
partition entry? That way, we can look for specific detail such as a 
bootme flag.

That would requires a compat layer for pre netbsd-10 userland.

-- 
Emmanuel Dreyfus
manu%netbsd.org@localhost


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