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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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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