Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2016-10-15 Thread Michael Schmitz
Thorsten, Am 16.10.2016 um 11:42 schrieb Thorsten Glaser: > Michael Schmitz dixit: > >> Did you write the table on the host and then had to byte swap to get it >> read in ARAnyM? >> >> Just checked - Atari byte order disk image files of IDE disks don't need >> byte swapping. Host native byte

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2016-10-15 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Michael Schmitz dixit: >Did you write the table on the host and then had to byte swap to get it >read in ARAnyM? > >Just checked - Atari byte order disk image files of IDE disks don't need >byte swapping. Host native byte order ones do, that suggests your ARAnyM writes in byte-swapped order by

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2016-10-15 Thread Michael Schmitz
Hi Adrian, Am 16.10.2016 um 08:32 schrieb John Paul Adrian Glaubitz: > On 10/15/2016 09:15 PM, Michael Schmitz wrote: >> good to see you managed to fix the libparted issues! > > Thanks. I just happened to be in the situation that I'm writing a guide > how to set up a minimal Debian/m68k system

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2016-10-15 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 10/15/2016 09:15 PM, Michael Schmitz wrote: > good to see you managed to fix the libparted issues! Thanks. I just happened to be in the situation that I'm writing a guide how to set up a minimal Debian/m68k system on ARAnyM from scratch. >> Ah, it works after enabling byte-swapping in ARAnyM

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2016-10-15 Thread Michael Schmitz
Adrian, good to see you managed to fix the libparted issues! Am 16.10.2016 um 02:53 schrieb John Paul Adrian Glaubitz: > On 10/15/2016 03:11 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >> I then tried the image on Aranym but to my disappointment, the kernel did >> not recognize the partition table, so

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2016-10-15 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 10/15/2016 03:11 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > I then tried the image on Aranym but to my disappointment, the kernel did > not recognize the partition table, so there is still something wrong with > the patch as-is. Ah, it works after enabling byte-swapping in ARAnyM :). Alright,

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2016-10-15 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi! I just stumbled into this bug again since I wanted to use parted today to create a disk image that would be recognized by ARAnyM with a kernel with just Atari partition support. I pulled the old patch from Stephen's git repository, applied it to the current git version of parted which

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-18 Thread Michael Schmitz
Philip, On 12/17/2013 2:17 PM, Thorsten Glaser wrote: I thought so too, but it turns out that the Atari IDE interface is literally wired “the wrong way”, so you do need to bswap the entire disc – not just partition table or filesystem metadata – but also user data – before exchanging it

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-17 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Phillip Susi dixit: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz dixit: But, of course, you could apply the patch to gparted, rebuild it, then create a partition table on a hard disk and hook it up to your ATARI and see if it's being recognized. Before hooking it up, bswap the disc if it’s IDE, though.

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-17 Thread Phillip Susi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/17/2013 2:17 PM, Thorsten Glaser wrote: I thought so too, but it turns out that the Atari IDE interface is literally wired “the wrong way”, so you do need to bswap the entire disc – not just partition table or filesystem metadata – but also

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread Phillip Susi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Would you be able to write a test case so make check verifies it is working? On 12/13/2013 5:54 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: Hi! While chatting with someone who was trying to install Linux onto his ATARI Falcon 060, we stumbled into the

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread Phillip Susi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/13/2013 6:32 PM, Michael Schmitz wrote: John, as long as libparted (or some other PC side kernel magic automagically invoked by libparted - dm??) does take care of byte-swapping IDE data on the fly, go for it. I had a quick glance at the

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 12/16/2013 07:18 PM, Phillip Susi wrote: Would you be able to write a test case so make check verifies it is working? What kind of checks does libparted perform during build to verify it's doing what it's supposed to do. Is there any documentation or do I need to dig into the code? Adrian

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 12/16/2013 08:31 PM, Stefan Niestegge wrote: Am 16.12.2013 19:18, schrieb Phillip Susi: Would you be able to write a test case so make check verifies it is working? If i can help in any way, please explain what to do. (I am the one with the Falcon 060). I'm pretty sure that Philipp was

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread Phillip Susi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/16/2013 2:45 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: I'm pretty sure that Philipp was talking about tests which are run during build time to check the code, hence the name make check. Yes. You should start with the current git head preferably

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread Thorsten Glaser
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz dixit: But, of course, you could apply the patch to gparted, rebuild it, then create a partition table on a hard disk and hook it up to your ATARI and see if it's being recognized. Before hooking it up, bswap the disc if it’s IDE, though. bye, //mirabilos -- Yay for

Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread Phillip Susi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 12/16/2013 04:19 PM, Thorsten Glaser wrote: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz dixit: But, of course, you could apply the patch to gparted, rebuild it, then create a partition table on a hard disk and hook it up to your ATARI and see if it's being