[Parted-maintainers] Bug#578097: [parted-devel] Debian Bug #578097: No support for CMS-formatted disks

[Jim Meyering]

Stephen Powell wrote:
> Well, my paperwork just came through today for assignment of copyright.
> And it's just in time.  Here is a link to my second round of enhancements.
>
>    http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/parted/dasd_complete.diff
>
> These changes require my previous changes as a prerequisite.  Let me
> know if you have any trouble with them.  The enhancement is
>
> * Support all valid combinations of DASD format (CDL, LDL, and CMS),
>   DASD type (CKD and FBA), and DASD driver (ECKD, FBA, and DIAG) supported
>   by the Linux kernel.  Only CDL format on CKD DASD using the ECKD
>   driver is supported for read/write operations on partitions
>   (create, delete, move, and resize).  For all other combinations
>   of DASD format, DASD type, and DASD driver that are supported by the
>   Linux kernel, parted recognizes the pre-existing implicit partition;
>   but it does not allow that partition to be deleted, moved, or resized;
>   nor does it allow the creation of another partition on that DASD device.

Hi Stephen,

Now that your paperwork has gone through and I've released parted-2.3,
we can work on getting your changes committed.

Would you please outline a few sets of shell/parted commands
that I can run on a dasd disk to exercise as much of this new
code as possible?

Thanks for all your work.

Jim

P.S. Please excuse the high latency.
I'll be available only sporadically for the next couple months.