[parted-devel] [PATCH 1/2] Add nonfs partition type 0xda (#1263835)

[Phil Susi]

On 9/30/2015 7:06 PM, Brian C. Lane wrote:
> mdraid arrays with metadata >= 1.0 should not use the raid (0xfd)
> autoassemble type, this adds a new partition type that can be used
> without triggering side effects.

Is this really needed?  What is wrong with the default partition id?  If
this is really needed, why don't we support it on GPT as well?