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From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
To: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFCI] How best to partition MD/raid devices in 2.6
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 22:45:48 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031114224548.GM24159@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031114154423.A5587@lists.us.dell.com>

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 03:44:23PM -0600, Matt Domsch wrote:
> Any reason why the current partition-mapping code couldn't be extended
> to handle partition detection on a generic block device (which is what
> MD presents I think) instead of a struct gendisk?  Then it wouldn't

Any block_device has a gendisk - md.c ones included.  The problem is where
to put device numbers of partitions.

  reply	other threads:[~2003-11-14 22:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-11-14  3:11 [RFCI] How best to partition MD/raid devices in 2.6 Neil Brown
2003-11-14  5:09 ` viro
2003-11-14  5:32   ` Neil Brown
2003-11-14  5:21 ` Daniel Gryniewicz
2003-11-14  5:30   ` Neil Brown
2003-11-14 10:16     ` Lars Marowsky-Bree
2003-11-14 18:29       ` Jeff Garzik
2003-11-14 21:44         ` Matt Domsch
2003-11-14 22:45           ` viro [this message]
2003-11-17  0:46         ` Automatic Write Reallocation Enable, question? Guy
2003-11-14  5:27 ` [RFCI] How best to partition MD/raid devices in 2.6 Daniel Pittman
2003-11-14  6:10   ` viro
2003-11-14  7:39 ` Luca Berra
2003-11-14  8:04 ` Paul Jakma

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