Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261919AbVECXeh (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 May 2005 19:34:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261921AbVECXeg (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 May 2005 19:34:36 -0400 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.194]:42068 "EHLO rproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261919AbVECXe1 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 May 2005 19:34:27 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=bj9lupoq2myKm9YEDcMl8xZiZLqKkRYSXOVAUN/tvjRa5B8de73FGlUXEIHrrnmtGibrQq8/ej5daBV2g77e3tx3R5UrwkGf8mwUagUsI58IfGOHurYUJtSb1kV60FSiD5rFZgHTjfoFDFRJpClhhiJaG6y3p3usHxwNMVgBuew= Message-ID: Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 19:34:24 -0400 From: Joe Reply-To: Joe To: Paulo Marques , "Randy.Dunlap" Subject: Re: Empty partition nodes not created (was device node issues with recent mm's and udev) Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Greg KH In-Reply-To: <427758BC.1090906@grupopie.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <20050503031421.GA528@kroah.com> <20050502202620.04467bbd.rddunlap@osdl.org> <427758BC.1090906@grupopie.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1237 Lines: 36 On 5/3/05, Paulo Marques wrote: > Randy.Dunlap wrote: > > Could this 2.6.11.8 -stable patch fix it? > > Subject: [04/07] partitions/msdos.c fix > > > > Joe, can you test 2.6.11.8, please? > > It seems to me that this exactly the other way around. The patch is > probably already in -mm and is doing what it is supposed to do: don't > report partitions whose system ID == 0. > > Can you try to give the empty partition a type different than zero? You > don't need to make a file system on it or anything, just change the type. > > Or check if the patch Randy is pointing to is already in your tree and > revert it. > > I think this is a good argument not to include this patch on the -stable > release... > > -- > Paulo Marques - www.grupopie.com > > All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. > Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797) > You would be correct.. that patch is already in MM.. so this issue continues, more input necessary. Joe - 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/