Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261237AbVEFQn7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 May 2005 12:43:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261221AbVEFQn7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 May 2005 12:43:59 -0400 Received: from e2.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.142]:54421 "EHLO e2.ny.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261157AbVEFQnz (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 May 2005 12:43:55 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20050506080437.GE4604@pclin040.win.tue.nl> To: Andries Brouwer Cc: Andrew Morton , Greg KH , Joe , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, "Randy.Dunlap" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Empty partition nodes not created (was device node issues with recent mm's and udev) X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.0.2CF1 June 9, 2003 Message-ID: From: Bryan Henderson Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 09:43:37 -0700 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on D01ML604/01/M/IBM(Build V70_04122005|April 12, 2005) at 05/06/2005 12:43:54, Serialize complete at 05/06/2005 12:43:54 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 840 Lines: 18 >There is a misunderstanding in terminology here. >"DOS-type partition table" is for most Linux users the only type >they have ever seen. The msdos in this context does not refer >to a particular filesystem, like the fat or msdos filesystem. As long as we're talking terminology: fat and msdos aren't particular filesystems. They're particular filesystem types. The contents of a particular DOS-fomatted floppy disk would be an example of a particular filesystem. -- Bryan Henderson IBM Almaden Research Center San Jose CA Filesystems - 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/