On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 01:22:35PM +0100, Peter Breitenlohner wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:59, Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 09:21:04PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>> could you clarify what you mean by "migrating partition code out of the
>>> kernel" ? the kernel can never shed its partition parsing logic ...
>>
>> Why? You can parse partition table in userspace (initramfs) and use
>> BLKPG_ADD_PARTITION ioctl to inform kernel about the disk layout or
>> you can use device-mapper to create new devices.
>
> Do your really want to make initramfs mandatory for everyone?
No, I said that the kernel PT parser is not mandatory for everyone. We
have more ways and sometimes is better to bypass the kernel PT parser
(as described in Kay's replay).
Karel
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