Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754039Ab3IMSRi (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Sep 2013 14:17:38 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:43967 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753763Ab3IMSRg (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Sep 2013 14:17:36 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 20:17:20 +0200 From: Karel Zak To: Matt Porter Cc: Davidlohr Bueso , Matt Fleming , Linux Kernel Mailing List , torvalds@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: GPT detection regression in efi.c from commit 27a7c64 Message-ID: <20130913181720.GA1614@x2.net.home> References: <20130913145033.GA8502@ohporter.com> <1379089736.2197.14.camel@buesod1.americas.hpqcorp.net> <52334506.9030802@linaro.org> <1379095648.2197.27.camel@buesod1.americas.hpqcorp.net> <523354F3.70001@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <523354F3.70001@linaro.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2012-12-30) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 823 Lines: 23 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 -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/