Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763737AbXFBXuI (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Jun 2007 19:50:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762470AbXFBXt6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Jun 2007 19:49:58 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([192.83.249.54]:59423 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754420AbXFBXt5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Jun 2007 19:49:57 -0400 Message-ID: <46620218.2090000@zytor.com> Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:49:44 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070419) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jonathan Schleifer CC: aeb@cwi.nl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Ignore partition table on device References: <20070602205513.0312ebe0@localhost> <4661D32B.2040706@zytor.com> <20070602233435.4c432bc5@localhost> <4661ED70.5000208@zytor.com> <20070603004353.3330f35d@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070603004353.3330f35d@localhost> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 746 Lines: 27 Jonathan Schleifer wrote: > "H. Peter Anvin" wrote: > >> Partition tables aren't just read at bootup. We also adjust partition >> tables at runtime. Since this is dynamic, ignoring partition tables >> should be, too. > > So this is something that should be done with a sysctl? Anyway, it > should also be possible to disable it already at bootup. Well you have: - Bootup - Module insertion - Removable device insertion - Partition table change ... to be concerned with. -hpa - 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/