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Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 15:43:56 -0600 (MDT)
From: Thunder from the hill <thunder@lightweight.ods.org>
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Subject: Re: PATCH - change to blkdev->queue calling triggers BUG in md.c
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Hi,

On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> [Yes, a shock, but very easy for people to add
>       blockdev --rereadpt /dev/foo
> (or a partx call) in some bootscripts.]

fdisk -r DEV -> read device's partition table

> The faraway goal is: no partition table reading in the kernel.

Why not the faraway goal: no partition tables any more? They're annoying.

			Thunder
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