From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailout1.samsung.com ([203.254.224.24]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1OgAhQ-00041j-Ke for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 03 Aug 2010 06:10:08 +0000 Received: from epmmp1 (mailout1.samsung.com [203.254.224.24]) by mailout1.samsung.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u3-15.01 64bit (built Feb 12 2010)) with ESMTP id <0L6K00BNA9UB3R70@mailout1.samsung.com> for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:27:47 +0900 (KST) Received: from roh83 ([107.108.214.183]) by mmp1.samsung.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 Patch 2 (built Jul 14 2004)) with ESMTPA id <0L6K00LBT9U71U@mmp1.samsung.com> for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:27:46 +0900 (KST) Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:57:42 +0530 From: Rohit Hassan Sathyanarayan Subject: RE: Is repartitioning possible while one of the partitions is mounted? In-reply-to: <1280755953.2174.24.camel@pc816> To: 'Tim Cussins' , linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Message-id: <000001cb32cc$9af7a830$d0e6f890$%hs@samsung.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 Content-language: en-us Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <1280755953.2174.24.camel@pc816> Cc: v.dalal@samsung.com, dedekind1@gmail.com List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hi Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-mtd-bounces@lists.infradead.org [mailto:linux-mtd-bounces@lists.infradead.org] On Behalf > Of Tim Cussins > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 7:03 PM > To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org > Subject: Is repartitioning possible while one of the partitions is mounted? > > Hi all, > > I just spotted post regarding upcoming Runtime Partitioning Support > (http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2010-July/031200.html) > > After taking a cursory glance at the patch it's not immediately obvious > ( uh, to me anyway :D ) whether you can create/delete partitions while > a filesystem (e.g. rootfs) is mounted from another partition on the same > mtd device. > Its possible to partition another partition; if file system is mounted on another partition of same device. Utility is tested for all such scenarios. > Under what conditions can you create/delete partitions? This is a runtime utility. Currently the redefined partition table will exist in current power cycle. We are working on restoring the partition table on Power ON. Once the utility is pushed in mainline then we will release patch for that. > > Cheers, > Tim > > Regards Rohit HS > > ______________________________________________________ > Linux MTD discussion mailing list > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mtd/