>> 	sys/arch/*/*/disksubr.c contains very similar code for:
>> 	- searching disklabel on DOS MBR partition
>> 	- searching disklabel on specific location
>> 	  (location varies by platform)
>> 	- some other disklabel lookup function
>> 
>> 	i'm wondering if someone have made these functions MI...
>I haven't done it, but I agree with you.  I was thinking of
>making the code MI and specifying in MD header files which
>partition-grovelling routines to consider.  I considered doing
>this to get my hp300 disks to work on i386.  In the end I
>didn't have too, since I could place both disklabels on the
>disk without trouble.

	it looks to me sys/arch/hp700/hp700/disklabel.c is the most generic
	and covers a lot of cases (including endian swapping!).  i think it
	good to start from it.

itojun