linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] IDE fixes

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Date:	Sun, 7 Jun 2009 15:21:51 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [git pull] IDE fixes

> diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
> index 99e33ef..4bc2c43 100644
> --- a/fs/partitions/check.c
> +++ b/fs/partitions/check.c


You seriously want to add code to the core partition handling logic
moments before release when we know we have all sorts of devices with
weird behaviours ?

This should be .31 stuff where we can take the time to see how it works
on all sorts of weird real world devices (eg those with 2K sector size)
and the like.

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