linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Ignore partition table on device

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Date:	Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:21:36 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Jonathan Schleifer <js@....de>
CC:	aeb@....nl, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Ignore partition table on device

Jonathan Schleifer wrote:
> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> 
>> This seems broken.  If nothing else, there should be ways to enable or
>> disable this at runtime.
> 
> What exactly do you consider broken?
> I don't really see a way to change that at runtime since hard disk
> partition tables are read at bootup. Or did you mean to change the
> device where the partition table should be ignored at runtime, so one
> could enable/disable it and reattach the device under the condition
> that it's a removable device?

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.

	-hpa
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