I'd say that if it didn't barf right away it's probably not too
significant.... is there somone on the list that can give is a definitive
answer... There's at least 2 versions stated to be correct (OK, I'm not
exactly an authority but it looks right to me)... and one thats definitely
not right but work anyway....
On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, XxEDGExX wrote:
>
> Well, it's in the middle of a fsck on /dev/md2 right now. I sure
> hope what I had in there won't mess anything up, or I'll probable
> be looking for another job :-) I shouldn't be smiling.
>
> -jeremy
>
> >
> > Ahhh, err don't think so.....
> >
> > sector size has nothing to do with partition "type" I haven't studied the
> > code and am not really a C programmer (I have done mostly Assembly
> > language, but in the past and not X86) ... My interpretation was that it
> > should just be :-
> >
> > > add_partition(hd, current_minor, this_sector+START_SECT(p)*sector_size,
> > > NR_SECTS(p), ptype(p));
> >
> > That works for me, but there was another message on here saying "just set
> > it to 0" that may work also... I'd have to examine the code.
> >
> > James
> >
> > On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, XxEDGExX wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > This is after I applied Alan's ac1. Here are my add_partition lines in
> > > genhd.c:
> > >
> > > line 268
> > > add_partition(hd, current_minor, this_sector+START_SECT(p)*sector_size,
> > > NR_SECTS(p), ptype(p)*sector_size);
> > >
> > > line 566
> > > add_partition(hd, minor, first_sector+START_SECT(p)*sector_size,
> > > NR_SECTS(p), ptype(p)*sector_size);
> > >
> > > Is this correct? It did compile, but I'm remote and don't want to
> > > reboot until tomorrow morning.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > -jeremy
> > >
> > > > Whoops... yes, I thought about this on the way home. genhd.c must be fixed in
> > > > two spots for add_partition calls. Just stick a ,0 at the end of each. I'm
> > > > running it now and so far it seems just dandy.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, A James Lewis wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >It appears to me that you must add the "ptype(p)" to add_partition in
> > > > >genhd.c otherwise the kernel will not compile!
> > > > >
> > > > >But otherwise I agree....
> > > > >
> > > > >On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, John Gruenenfelder wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, XxEDGExX wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> >I hate to ask, but I'm desperate. Are we far off from a clean 2.2.2
> > > > >> >patch?
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> >I have major NFS issues that I'm hoping 2.2.2 will fix, but I can't go any
> > > > >> >further until the raid patches become available.
> > > > >> >
> > > > >> >Thanks
> > > > >> >-jeremy
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I wouldn't worry about it. When you apply the patch there will be 4
>rejects.
> > > > >> One in mmap.c and three in genhd.c. These can all safely be ignored. If
>you
> > > > >> look at the .rej files, you'll notice that all these rejects would have done
> > > > >> is rearrange some code and maybe add some blank lines.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> --John Gruenenfelder
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> > > > >
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