on 13/10/2010 09:29 Stefan Bethke said the following: > Am 13.10.2010 um 06:56 schrieb Andrey V. Elsukov: >> When you are opening provider for writing (i.e. mount FS) GEOM(4) initiates >> SPOILING and all consumers that are attached to this provider except one >> will self-destroyed. When you are closing provider GEOM(4) initiates >> TASTING and consumers can return back. Look at man 4 geom for details. > > That explains the mechanism, but not the rationale. Or is it just an > unintended consequence? And how is da2p1 different from ufs/mylabel? (Mount > da2p1 and ufs/mylabel is removed, but not the other way around.)
da2p1 is a "real" underlying provider, "ufs/mylabel" is a "convenience" provider on _top_ of it. When you open a top-most provider it doesn't affect provides under it. If you open a provider down the chain, then the providers above it are spoiled. Does it make sense now? -- Andriy Gapon _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
