[parted-devel] [PATCH 1/5] libparted: remove _loop_get_partition_range

[Jim Meyering]

Phillip Susi wrote:
> Commit 1eb0cc30 added support for loop devices to be partitioned,
> but it only enabled that support if the kernel parameter max_part
> was non zero.  This parameter just reserves minor numbers for
> partitions in the traditional sequence that hard disks used.
> When it is zero, it is still possible to add partitions, they
> just will get minor numbers from another pool.  Removing this
> check allows partitions to be used on loop devices even when the
> loop module was not loaded with the max_part argument.

Thanks.  I'm about to push this.