Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756998AbZINU7u (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:59:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754223AbZINU7t (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:59:49 -0400 Received: from fmmailgate05.web.de ([217.72.192.243]:58253 "EHLO fmmailgate05.web.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752882AbZINU7t convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:59:49 -0400 Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:59:50 +0200 Message-Id: <912126502@web.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 From: devzero@web.de To: Hannes Reinecke Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Randy.Dunlap" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Disable partition scan Organization: http://freemail.web.de/ X-Provags-Id: V01U2FsdGVkX18ludoRz7YhvwXdj5SqlS8iwTFpa38YObV5Snm/Pvf/gnEqa rxzsYWY37qBhLLVzaPMc8D0R4Dkc0jELraCGqMuF3gYcWiUOY0= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2765 Lines: 62 > But more importantly the commandline will be a killer. You would have to specify the device > to be excluded prior to driver probing. Which means you'd have to know how the driver would > enumerate the device and how the device to be excluded would be named. > But exactly this isn't guaranteed, so it'll be virtually impossible to do so. ok, you`re right >PS.: One wonders what'll happen to the patch. Maybe it'll linger forever in bugzilla as no-one >feels it important enough to have a look at it, let alone merge ... >So, if there are any users out there, please speak up to have it merged! you did that patch for a reason (customer request?) and we have another request for it in bugzilla. i think it`s useful. maybe adding the new param to kernel-params.txt and adding some more people cc below the signed-off will raise chances for acceptance. > devzero@web.de wrote: > > Hello, > > > > iirc i had a setup a while ago where i also found disabling partition scanning would be nice to have. > > > > actually, we have a bugzilla entry for this - have a look at: > > > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8588 > > > > anyway, wouldn`t it be better to disable that on a per device basis or at least be able to exclude > > the boot/system devices from being skipped? > > > Hmm. Not sure about this. > For once, you'd have to have a tool like kpartx anyway to generate the partition mappings for the > not-excluded devices. Hence it's not a big deal to use this tool _always_, ie for all devices. > > But more importantly the commandline will be a killer. You would have to specify the device > to be excluded prior to driver probing. Which means you'd have to know how the driver would > enumerate the device and how the device to be excluded would be named. > But exactly this isn't guaranteed, so it'll be virtually impossible to do so. > > Cheers, > > Hannes > PS.: One wonders what'll happen to the patch. Maybe it'll linger forever in bugzilla as no-one > feels it important enough to have a look at it, let alone merge ... > So, if there are any users out there, please speak up to have it merged! > -- > Dr. Hannes Reinecke zSeries & Storage > hare@suse.de +49 911 74053 688 > SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 N?rnberg > GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG N?rnberg) > ________________________________________________________________ Neu: WEB.DE Doppel-FLAT mit Internet-Flatrate + Telefon-Flatrate f?r nur 19,99 Euro/mtl.!* http://produkte.web.de/go/02/ -- 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/