From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joe Subject: Re: Empty partition nodes not created (was device node issues with recent mm's and udev) Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 19:34:24 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20050503031421.GA528@kroah.com> <20050502202620.04467bbd.rddunlap@osdl.org> <427758BC.1090906@grupopie.com> Reply-To: Joe Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.193]:25315 "EHLO rproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261920AbVECXe1 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 May 2005 19:34:27 -0400 Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id a41so61590rng for ; Tue, 03 May 2005 16:34:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <427758BC.1090906@grupopie.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Paulo Marques , "Randy.Dunlap" Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Greg KH On 5/3/05, Paulo Marques wrote: > Randy.Dunlap wrote: > > Could this 2.6.11.8 -stable patch fix it? > > Subject: [04/07] partitions/msdos.c fix > > > > Joe, can you test 2.6.11.8, please? > > It seems to me that this exactly the other way around. The patch is > probably already in -mm and is doing what it is supposed to do: don't > report partitions whose system ID == 0. > > Can you try to give the empty partition a type different than zero? You > don't need to make a file system on it or anything, just change the type. > > Or check if the patch Randy is pointing to is already in your tree and > revert it. > > I think this is a good argument not to include this patch on the -stable > release... > > -- > Paulo Marques - www.grupopie.com > > All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. > Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797) > You would be correct.. that patch is already in MM.. so this issue continues, more input necessary. Joe