Reviewed by: bde,jkh

Add -v flag to newfs:

     -v      Specify that the partition does not contain any slices, and that
             newfs should treat the whole partition as the file system.  This
             option is useful for synthetic disks such as ccd and vinum.

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8 b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
index 147db97..f93bfdd 100644
--- a/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
+++ b/sbin/newfs/newfs.8
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)newfs.8	8.6 (Berkeley) 5/3/95
-.\"	$Id$
+.\"	$Id: newfs.8,v 1.15 1998/07/15 06:28:04 charnier Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd May 3, 1995
 .Dt NEWFS 8
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 .Op Fl s Ar size
 .Op Fl t Ar tracks
 .Op Fl u Ar sectors
+.Op Fl v
 .Op Fl x Ar sectors
 .Ar special
 .Nm mount_mfs
@@ -212,6 +213,14 @@ See
 for more details on how to set this option.
 .It Fl s Ar size
 The size of the file system in sectors.
+.It Fl v
+Specify that the partition does not contain any slices, and that
+.Nm
+should treat the whole partition as the file system.  This option is useful for
+synthetic disks such as
+.Nm ccd
+and 
+.Nm vinum.
 .El
 .Pp
 The following options override the standard sizes for the disk geometry. 
@@ -314,7 +323,8 @@ not be able to boot from a file system that uses another size.
 .Xr fsck 8 ,
 .Xr mount 8 ,
 .Xr scsiformat 8 ,
-.Xr tunefs 8
+.Xr tunefs 8 ,
+.Xr vinum 8
 .Rs
 .%A M. McKusick
 .%A W. Joy
diff --git a/sbin/newfs/newfs.c b/sbin/newfs/newfs.c
index d2ba9ac..580067e 100644
--- a/sbin/newfs/newfs.c
+++ b/sbin/newfs/newfs.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static const char copyright[] =
 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)newfs.c	8.13 (Berkeley) 5/1/95";
 #endif
 static const char rcsid[] =
-	"$Id: newfs.c,v 1.21 1998/07/16 12:04:52 charnier Exp $";
+	"$Id: newfs.c,v 1.22 1998/07/20 12:04:42 bde Exp $";
 #endif /* not lint */
 
 /*
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	struct partition oldpartition;
 	struct stat st;
 	struct statfs *mp;
-	int fsi, fso, len, n;
+	int fsi, fso, len, n, vflag;
 	char *cp, *s1, *s2, *special, *opstring;
 #ifdef MFS
 	struct vfsconf vfc;
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
 	char buf[BUFSIZ];
 #endif
 
+	vflag = 0;
 	if ((progname = strrchr(*argv, '/')))
 		++progname;
 	else
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
 
 	opstring = mfs ?
 	    "NF:T:a:b:c:d:e:f:i:m:o:s:" :
-	    "NOS:T:a:b:c:d:e:f:i:k:l:m:n:o:p:r:s:t:u:x:";
+	    "NOS:T:a:b:c:d:e:f:i:k:l:m:n:o:p:r:s:t:u:v:x";
 	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, opstring)) != -1)
 		switch (ch) {
 		case 'N':
@@ -352,6 +353,9 @@ main(argc, argv)
 			if ((nsectors = atoi(optarg)) < 0)
 				fatal("%s: bad sectors/track", optarg);
 			break;
+		case 'v':
+			vflag = 1;
+			break;
 		case 'x':
 			if ((cylspares = atoi(optarg)) < 0)
 				fatal("%s: bad spare sectors per cylinder",
@@ -451,7 +455,8 @@ main(argc, argv)
 			printf("%s: %s: not a character-special device\n",
 			    progname, special);
 		cp = strchr(argv[0], '\0') - 1;
-		if (cp == (char *)-1 ||
+		if (!vflag &&
+		    cp == (char *)-1 ||
 		    ((*cp < 'a' || *cp > 'h') && !isdigit(*cp)))
 			fatal("%s: can't figure out file system partition",
 			    argv[0]);
@@ -460,7 +465,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
 			disktype = argv[1];
 #endif
 		lp = getdisklabel(special, fsi);
-		if (isdigit(*cp))
+		if (vflag || isdigit(*cp))
 			pp = &lp->d_partitions[0];
 		else
 			pp = &lp->d_partitions[*cp - 'a'];