mdadm shouldn't be scanning fd0 or sr0 by default, maybe an option to make it scan them if they exist would be better. also because so many tools use /proc/partitions and non partitioned devices (in real-world, not theoretical or testing) are in there, maybe better to have option if sr and fd devices should populate there at all. On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 11:15 AM David C. Rankin <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 09/30/2019 05:14 AM, Andreas Klauer wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 03:54:41PM -0700, David F. wrote: > >> So /proc/partitions can have floppy and optical drives on it. > > > > And people might rely on that so removing it is the wrong approach. > > > > and people do... > > cat /proc/partitions > major minor #blocks name > > 2 0 4 fd0 > 8 16 976762584 sdb > 8 0 976762584 sda > 8 32 732574584 sdc > 11 0 1048575 sr0 > > > > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
