Subject: Re: To stick or not to stick [ disklabels ]
To: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@netbsd.org>
From: Leo Weppelman <leo@wau.mis.ah.nl>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/10/1999 10:26:53
On Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 03:11:54PM -0800, Chris G. Demetriou wrote:
> Leo Weppelman <leo@wau.mis.ah.nl> writes:
> > Add an ioctl, DIOCSTICK, that take a boolean argument. When false, drop
> > the disklabel on the next full close, when true, retain the disklabel.
> 
> So, from this name, you'd think it was an ioctl which caused disks to
> suffer stication, or something.

Uhm, no, I am not connected to Seagate in any way ;-))

> the notion of 'label' should be in the name.  8-)

I'll make it: DIOCSTICKLABEL

Leo.