4k sector support (not good?)

[Warner Losh]

On Sat, Jul 13, 2019, 10:34 PM Zaphod Beeblebrox <zbeeble at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> So... you're saying that if I gpart create -s GPT on a disk with 4k
> sectors, it should do the right thing and just work?
>
> Keep in mind, I don't care what the BIOS thinks... I only care what
> FreeBSD sees when it comes online.
>

Yes.

Warner

On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 12:09 AM Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:
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>> On Sat, Jul 13, 2019, 10:03 PM Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:
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>>> On Sat, Jul 13, 2019, 9:59 PM Zaphod Beeblebrox <zbeeble at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> Wait... are you saying that our gpart isn't properly able to label a 4k
>>>> sector disk?
>>>>
>>>
>>> There are competing notions about what is right...
>>>
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>> For MBR disks. Apple has one standard, which is what the patch is for.
>> Those disks won't necessarily work on other BIOSes. GPT just works today...
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