Re: boot0cfg -s vs. GEOM_PART_*?

From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:27:39 +0000
In message <F04BCAF6-2478-4724-A7E6-94BD43BE77DB_at_mac.com>, Marcel Moolenaar wri
tes:

>> We do not want arbitrary large binary blobs in the confxml
>> output.
>
>I'm not going to start a discussion on arbitrariness
>and largeness of bootcode. Instead, let me just ask:
>
>Do you have alternatives?

Open the parent device, use read(2) to get it.

You can always open an geom device for reading (subject
to filesystem permissions).

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