Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] partitions/msdos: FreeBSD UFS2 file systems are not recognized

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Fri May 26 2017 - 09:23:45 EST


On 05/26/2017 04:48 AM, Richard Narron wrote:
> The code in block/partitions/msdos.c recognizes FreeBSD, OpenBSD
> and NetBSD partitions and does a reasonable job picking out OpenBSD
> and NetBSD UFS subpartitions.
>
> But for FreeBSD the subpartitions are always "bad".
>
> Kernel: <bsd:bad subpartition - ignored
>
> Though all 3 of these BSD systems use UFS as a file system, only
> FreeBSD uses relative start addresses in the subpartition
> declarations.
>
> The following patch fixes this for FreeBSD partitions and leaves
> the code for OpenBSD and NetBSD intact:

I queued this up 3 days ago, and replied as such. There's no need
to keep sending it.

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Jens Axboe