Re: [PATCH 2.6.27-rc2] block: loop device partition support
From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Fri Aug 08 2008 - 23:43:32 EST
Christian Franke wrote:
From: Christian Franke <cfchris6@xxxxxxxx>
By default, partition support of loop devices is disabled and there
seems to be no way to turn it on without changing code, if loop is not
compiled as module.
This patch introduces CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP_MAXPART to make partition
support configurable via Kconfig. It keeps that feature disabled by
default for not breaking backward compatibility.
The right thing would be to have a backwards compatiblity major and a
new major; similar to how the md device handles it.
-hpa
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