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

[Jim Meyering]

Petr Uzel wrote:
> 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.

Hi Petr,

If you do test that, please use what's on "next".
Those changes will make it to "master" as soon as I get
feedback from Phillip and/or Colin.