Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751050AbWEQJK7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 May 2006 05:10:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932497AbWEQJK7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 May 2006 05:10:59 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:25479 "EHLO mx2.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751050AbWEQJK7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 May 2006 05:10:59 -0400 Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 11:10:56 +0200 From: Olaf Hering To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ignore partition table on disks with AIX label Message-ID: <20060517091056.GA21219@suse.de> References: <20060517081314.GA20415@suse.de> <200605170853.k4H8rn8K009466@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200605170853.k4H8rn8K009466@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-DOS: I got your 640K Real Mode Right Here Buddy! X-Homeland-Security: You are not supposed to read this line! You are a terrorist! User-Agent: Mutt und vi sind doch schneller als Notes (und GroupWise) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 752 Lines: 15 On Wed, May 17, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > One has to wonder if it might not be better to treat this case as > "one partition covering the entire disk", or even better, decode the AIX LVM > info and see if there's any LVM segments present on the disk, so as to limit > the chances of accidentally splatting live data. The check can go once someone has implemented proper support to read the drives. Up to now the bogus partitions cause only confusion and practical doesnt help anyone. So let it go. - 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/