From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-fx0-f49.google.com ([209.85.161.49]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1OnoWO-0003ql-GE for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:06:17 +0000 Received: by fxm12 with SMTP id 12so4413715fxm.36 for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:06:15 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Is repartitioning possible while one of the partitions is mounted? From: Artem Bityutskiy To: Tim Cussins In-Reply-To: <1280755953.2174.24.camel@pc816> References: <1280755953.2174.24.camel@pc816> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:04:46 +0300 Message-ID: <1282637086.24044.133.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Reply-To: dedekind1@gmail.com List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , 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? I guess it is good idea to put the authors of that patch in CC, no? I think this case should be handled. If it is not, the solution is not very good. But this is just IMHO. -- Best Regards, Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)