Re: [bk/patch] driver model update: device_unregister()

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On Wednesday 09 October 2002 22:42, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 02:00:05PM -0400, Alexander Viro wrote:
>
> > OK, call me dense, but what things are associated with partition aside of the
> > fact that it exists?
>
> A partition has an underlying device, a start and a length.

Subtle distinction: a partition has underlying media, and the media is
associated with a device.

> It may have a label or volume id.
> It has a partition number (the 7 of hda7) that can be assigned.
> It may have substructure on the partition level, like a
> DOS-type partition (BSD slice) with BSD subpartitions.

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Daniel
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