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From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [RFD] brd.ko Never supported partitions should we remove the
 dead code ?
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:56:03 -0400
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To: Boaz Harrosh <openosd@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 07:37:49PM +0300, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> But before we are running to fix this bug. Could we please do better and just remove the support for partitions
> all together.
> 	Since it *never* worked anyway, so probably no one needs it! Surly no one used it

I fixed this in patch 4/22 of the v8 series.  The correct place to
handle partitioning is in the block layer, not the individual drivers
(nor the filesystems).