History log of /freebsd-9.3-release/sys/geom/geom_map.c
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# 267654 19-Jun-2014 gjb

Copy stable/9 to releng/9.3 as part of the 9.3-RELEASE cycle.

Approved by: re (implicit)
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation

# 225736 22-Sep-2011 kensmith

Copy head to stable/9 as part of 9.0-RELEASE release cycle.

Approved by: re (implicit)


# 221500 05-May-2011 adrian

Updates to geom_map from the author.

The major update here is to support 64 bit size/offsets.
There's also style related changes.

Submitted by: ray@dlink.ua


# 220559 12-Apr-2011 adrian

Introduce geom_map, a GEOM provider designed for use by
embedded flash stores.

Some devices - notably those with uboot - don't have an
explicit partition table (eg like Redboot's FIS.)
geom_map thus provides an easy way to export the hard-coded
flash layout as geom providers for use by filesystems and
other tools.

It also includes a "search" function which allows for
dynamic creation of partition layouts where the device only
has a single hard-coded partition. For example, if
there is a "kernel+rootfs" partition, a single image can
be created which appends the rootfs after the kernel with
an appropriate search string. geom_map can be told to
search for said search string and create a partition
beginning after it.

Submitted by: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@dlink.ua>