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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:26:28 +0530
From: Rohit Hassan Sathyanarayan <rohit.hs@samsung.com>
Subject: RE: Is repartitioning possible while one of the partitions is mounted?
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Hi Artem

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-mtd-bounces@lists.infradead.org =
[mailto:linux-mtd-bounces@lists.infradead.org] On Behalf
> Of Artem Bityutskiy
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:35 PM
> To: Tim Cussins
> Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
> Subject: Re: Is repartitioning possible while one of the partitions is =
mounted?
>=20
> On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 14:32 +0100, Tim Cussins wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > Under what conditions can you create/delete partitions?
>=20
> I guess it is good idea to put the authors of that patch in CC, no?
>=20
> I think this case should be handled. If it is not, the solution is not
> very good. But this is just IMHO.
>=20
Its possible to partition/delete/resize the other partitions of the =
device even
if rootfs is mounted on one partition.
The utility even gives freedom to change the permissions of the =
partitions and=20
merging adjacent partitions apart from above features.

> --
> Best Regards,
> Artem Bityutskiy (=D0=90=D1=80=D1=82=D1=91=D0=BC =
=D0=91=D0=B8=D1=82=D1=8E=D1=86=D0=BA=D0=B8=D0=B9)
>=20
>=20
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