From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-bw0-f49.google.com ([209.85.214.49]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1OnoXI-0005lQ-1e for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:07:12 +0000 Received: by bwz13 with SMTP id 13so6205496bwz.36 for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:07:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Is repartitioning possible while one of the partitions is mounted? From: Artem Bityutskiy To: Tim Cussins In-Reply-To: <1282637086.24044.133.camel@localhost> References: <1280755953.2174.24.camel@pc816> <1282637086.24044.133.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:05:43 +0300 Message-ID: <1282637143.24044.134.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 Tue, 2010-08-24 at 11:04 +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote: > 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. Sorry, did not notice there was a reply. -- Best Regards, Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)