Re: kern/47984: there is no GPT type for RAW partitions

[Jeff Rizzo <riz%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/47984; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jeff Rizzo <riz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: kern/47984: there is no GPT type for RAW partitions
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 13:17:22 -0700

 On 7/2/13 8:50 AM, Wolfgang.Stukenbrock%nagler-company.com@localhost wrote:
 >> Fix:
 >      Define an additional UUID for NetBSD-Raw-Partitions - or reuse a
 >      definition from other side for raw-partition if already defined 
 > somewhere.
 >      The gpt program should accept a type keyword "raw" and the kernel
 >      should pass the type string "raw" to the wedge, created during system
 >      boot, if the new defined UUID is detected.
 >
 
 It would be better for each application which needs a particular 
 partition type to define a UUID for its own usage; I don't like the idea 
 of having a catch-all "raw".  As for what the wedge-mapping stuff does, 
 well...