On Oct 16, 2011, at 5:32 PM, Xin LI wrote: > On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Garrett Cooper <[email protected]> wrote: > [...] >> The attach will fail with the following message: >> >> geli: MD5 hash mismatch for /dev/md0. > > I'm pretty sure that this is from userland, and because FreeBSD 9.x > have support of GELI metadata version 6, while 8.2 have support up to > metadata version 5. It's not a regression IMHO.
In other words this is a design flaw, because geli metadata is only forwards compatible. One of FreeBSD's claims to fame is its backwards compatibility -- why aren't geom developers adhering to this? Thanks, -Garrett_______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-geom To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
