[parted-devel] [PATCH] fix handling of disks that can't be partitioned

[Bryn M. Reeves]

Joel Granados wrote:
> In any case, parted, still, correctly creates the partition in the LV.  Proof of this is that I can execute the kpartx command, and it will read and create the /dev/mapper/VolGrou00-lvp1 node for the partition.
> ----- "Joel Granados" <jgranado at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
>> A little correction to my post,  I tried the test with parted (master)
>> and it seems to error out.  "error informing the kernel"

Did we try a BLKPG ioctl on it? Definitely we need parted to be able 
to view and manipulate partitions on these types of devices.

Whether we go as far as automatically notifying the kernel of changes 
(by whatever means is appropriate for the type of device), I am less 
sure - it seems like a "nice to have", but there are some nasty 
complications to deal with (e.g. differing conventions for naming 
partitions on these devices exist).

Regards,
Bryn.