[parted-devel] [PATCH] Add support for Linux software RAID arrays (mdraid)

[Petr Uzel]

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:11:37AM -0400, Phillip Susi wrote:
> On 4/19/2010 7:58 AM, Petr Uzel wrote:
> >> I thought that partitionable md devices had to be partitioned using
> >> mdadm and it stored that information in its metadata block?  Are you
> >> saying it actually uses an msdos partition table on the main device,
> >> and understands the BLKRRPART and BLKPG ioctls?
> > 
> > Yes, it does.
> 
> So you tested it with the BLKPG patch and it works?  Goody ;)

Actually, I didn't test these two patches together, since the BLKPG
patch is not in upstream yet. I tested BLKPG ioctls using
addpart/delpart utilities - I don't think it makes any difference
compared to the BLKPG patch. However, if you think it does, I can give
it a shot.


Petr

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Petr Uzel, openSUSE Boosters Team
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