From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christophe Varoqui Subject: Re: md_component_detection = 1 Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:51:41 +0100 Message-ID: <42126EED.2030607@free.fr> References: <000001c5136d$3b3502a0$11051aac@pcp41116> <42126793.4030407@free.fr> <20050215213425.GK14093@agk.surrey.redhat.com> Reply-To: device-mapper development Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <20050215213425.GK14093@agk.surrey.redhat.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: dm-devel-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: dm-devel-bounces@redhat.com To: device-mapper development List-Id: dm-devel.ids Alasdair G Kergon wrote: >On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 10:20:19PM +0100, christophe varoqui wrote: > > >> types = [ "device-mapper", 254 ] >> >> > >The number is actually related to the partitioning allowed on the device. > > * Devices are only checked for partition tables if their minor number > * is a multiple of the number corresponding to their type below > * i.e. this gives the granularity of whole-device minor numbers. > * Use 1 if the device is not partitionable. > >device-mapper devices don't get partitioned by the kernel >so use 1 instead of 254. > > > Ah, thank you for pointing this out. Will update the FAQ accordingly. regards, cvaroqui -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel