From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.121]:33552 "EHLO cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752289Ab1LFTEj (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2011 14:04:39 -0500 Message-ID: <4EDE6745.6070307@cfl.rr.com> Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:04:37 -0500 From: Phillip Susi MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dave@gnu.org CC: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] partx: add BLKPG_RES_PARTITION support References: <1323115372-3983-2-git-send-email-psusi@cfl.rr.com> <1323197706.3283.1.camel@offbook> In-Reply-To: <1323197706.3283.1.camel@offbook> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 12/6/2011 1:55 PM, Davidlohr Bueso wrote: > I like the idea, but we should wait until your BLKPG resize patches are > accepted in mainline before applying here. Also, assuming they make it > into the kernel, this patch would break partx compilation on older > kernels. Indeed. I thought that util-linux was closely enough tied to the kernel that it didn't care about building on older kernels? I put #ifdefs around the code using it in parted, but didn't think it was needed for util-linux. Easy enough to add them back if you think it's necessary.