On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 09:49:27AM -0500, Phillip Susi wrote:
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> On 12/3/2014 3:36 AM, Karel Zak wrote:
> > Yes, I don't like the idea with the ioctl workaround in losetup.
> > It's fine to use such workarounds in stable branches or in distro
> > specific patches, but I really don't want to use workarounds for
> > bugs in regular releases (master branch).
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> Then again, maybe the whole idea of the kernel handling the partition
> table should be abandoned ( and the feature removed from the kernel )
> and losetup should just call partx and be done with it.
That's another story :-) And yes, I mostly agree.
Karel
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