From: Phillip Susi <psusi@ubuntu.com>
To: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Cc: Francis Moreau <francis.moro@gmail.com>,
"Dale R. Worley" <worley@alum.mit.edu>,
util-linux@vger.kernel.org, gabeblack@chromium.org,
gwendal@chromium.org
Subject: Re: losetup on a image file containing (GPT) partition doesn't create partition devices
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 09:49:27 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <547F22F7.30008@ubuntu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141203083617.GD1994@x2.net.home>
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On 12/3/2014 3:36 AM, Karel Zak wrote:
> Yes, I don't like the idea with the ioctl workaround in losetup.
> It's fine to use such workarounds in stable branches or in distro
> specific patches, but I really don't want to use workarounds for
> bugs in regular releases (master branch).
Then again, maybe the whole idea of the kernel handling the partition
table should be abandoned ( and the feature removed from the kernel )
and losetup should just call partx and be done with it.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-12-03 14:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-03 9:44 losetup on a image file containing (GPT) partition doesn't create partition devices Francis Moreau
2014-10-03 14:29 ` Dale R. Worley
2014-10-03 19:58 ` Dale R. Worley
2014-10-03 20:26 ` Francis Moreau
2014-10-04 19:35 ` Francis Moreau
2014-10-06 15:47 ` Dale R. Worley
2014-10-06 15:56 ` Francis Moreau
2014-10-27 20:16 ` Mike Frysinger
2014-12-02 19:29 ` Phillip Susi
2014-12-03 8:36 ` Karel Zak
2014-12-03 14:49 ` Phillip Susi [this message]
2014-12-03 16:10 ` Karel Zak
2015-02-16 8:52 ` Mike Frysinger
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