Re: PATCH - change to blkdev->queue calling triggers BUG in md.c

From: Thunder from the hill (thunder@lightweight.ods.org)
Date: Mon Sep 02 2002 - 16:43:56 EST

Hi,

On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> [Yes, a shock, but very easy for people to add
> blockdev --rereadpt /dev/foo
> (or a partx call) in some bootscripts.]

fdisk -r DEV -> read device's partition table

> The faraway goal is: no partition table reading in the kernel.

Why not the faraway goal: no partition tables any more? They're annoying.

                        Thunder 

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