Re: 512b vs. 2048b problems on IBM Power LPAR (Debian/PPC)

[Frank Fegert]

Hello all,

come to think of it, exclusion of CD/DVD type devices by major number
might be more reliable than simple device path string comparison. Please
see the attached patch.

Thanks & best regards,

    Frank Fegert

diff -rui partconf.orig/find-parts.c partconf/find-parts.c
--- partconf.orig/find-parts.c	2013-02-15 16:35:30.394743001 +0100
+++ partconf/find-parts.c	2013-02-16 16:58:17.090742993 +0100
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
     PedDevice *dev = NULL;
     PedDisk *disk;
     PedPartition *part;
+    struct stat st;
 
     ped_device_probe_all();
     while ((dev = ped_device_get_next(dev)) != NULL) {
@@ -182,6 +183,9 @@
             continue;
         if (strstr(dev->path, "/dev/mtd") == dev->path)
             continue;
+        if (stat(dev->path, &st) == 0)
+            if (major(st.st_rdev) == 11)
+                continue;
         if (!ped_disk_probe(dev))
             continue;
         disk = ped_disk_new(dev);