From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
To: Matt Porter <matt.porter@linaro.org>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com>,
Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: GPT detection regression in efi.c from commit 27a7c64
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 20:17:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130913181720.GA1614@x2.net.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <523354F3.70001@linaro.org>
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 02:09:55PM -0400, Matt Porter wrote:
> >Come to think of it, we do have a long existing workaround: the
> >force_gpt option. Setting it will bypass any MBR checking
> >(is_pmbr_valid(), specifically).
>
> Yes, that's what I used at first after seeing what the problem was. But then
> I opted to fix my PMBR.
>
> I felt like it was a regression since it required a new option passed on the
> cmdline.
Yep, it is *regression* and I guess Davidlohr is going to fix it asap :-)
Karel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-09-13 18:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-13 14:50 GPT detection regression in efi.c from commit 27a7c64 Matt Porter
2013-09-13 16:28 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2013-09-13 17:01 ` Matt Porter
2013-09-13 17:37 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2013-09-13 18:17 ` Matt Porter
2013-09-13 18:07 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2013-09-13 18:09 ` Matt Porter
2013-09-13 18:17 ` Karel Zak [this message]
2013-09-13 18:29 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2013-09-13 18:33 ` Matt Porter
2013-09-13 19:26 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2013-09-13 21:36 ` Matt Porter
2013-09-13 22:02 ` Davidlohr Bueso
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