Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 22:45:48 +0000
From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
To: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFCI] How best to partition MD/raid devices in 2.6
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On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 03:44:23PM -0600, Matt Domsch wrote:
> Any reason why the current partition-mapping code couldn't be extended
> to handle partition detection on a generic block device (which is what
> MD presents I think) instead of a struct gendisk?  Then it wouldn't

Any block_device has a gendisk - md.c ones included.  The problem is where
to put device numbers of partitions.
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