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Add disklabel64 support to GEOM_PART class.

Description

Add disklabel64 support to GEOM_PART class.

This partitioning scheme is used in DragonFlyBSD. It is similar to
BSD disklabel, but has the following improvements:

  • metadata has own dedicated place and isn't accessible through partitions;
  • all offsets are 64-bit;
  • supports 16 partitions by default (has reserved place for more);
  • has reserved place for backup label (but not yet implemented);
  • has UUIDs for partitions and partition types;

No objections from: geom
MFC after: 2 weeks
Relnotes: yes

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Provenance
aeAuthored on Jun 11 2014, 10:42 AM
Parents
rG4042ab48c730: Allow swapping to DragonFlyBSD's swap partition.
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