[parted-devel] [PATCH] Revert small device commits

Phillip Susi psusi at ubuntu.com
Mon Dec 31 15:33:27 UTC 2012


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On 12/30/2012 02:50 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> IMHO, there is value in testing the limits of the code. Unless the
> specification prohibits it -- or maybe if it's too hard to do right
> -- I would like to support it.

The more I think about it the more it seems that a 67 sector device
size *is* illegal.  FirstUsableLBA and LastUsableLBA can hold the same
value, but they must point to a usable LBA.  With this size there are
no usable LBAs, thus no valid value for these variables.


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