-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/16/2012 02:01 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: >> To allow for a partition to start on the first sector following >> the MBR, which is a perfectly legal configuration. > > The 2-sector minimum is documented to apply to the distance > between the start of an extended partition and its first logical > partition. Can you rephrase why you want to make this change in > that context? I.e., we're perfectly capable of making the first > *primary* partition start right after the MBR, but if you're > talking about a logical partition, you cannot make it "start on the > first sector following the MBR", even with your change, since > there's still a one-sector minimum separation.
Sorry, first sector following the *EBR* not MBR. > Last I heard, the implementation of the BLKPG ioctl code was in the > kernel ;-) The point is that if we make this change, then we're > exposing users to problems whenever they use that ioctl against a > partition we've created. E.g., older versions of parted do that. > Not that we have to be beholden to them, but please do at least > mention this possibility somewhere. Mention what exactly? That prior to this patch parted threw an error when trying to work with such a partition? Is that not clear from my change log? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJQziE3AAoJEJrBOlT6nu75bUkH/223IWsAiHv5ikzQ59sf3VZB fzqRRqD/Ien7dHJrLeLaqQL0PgJ615aISUT/wSeee6RwpPW23zUizvsPVgGSHIvq YRhYOGeaeMHvDlZjmWGzVit7uNtEGSRdwlXTB9CoblLtGOMs7S2IqckSt7JoZw8b TG8l+vEmta8RNl66J6hgH/kEL23qvmp9R0s26fSYBi9G/ICUbw1HKeDf51VyRdBO AmRsONRg6jHIbYDVeQF4xbQVwO75zKAbqQD9T1js0mzIo6ZJSeOfsrzQuGvtesKX zcmBol6xAvG1Z/on0bTb9nrmInf+7NbKBjaKtE5szGbnXF/FclEP051Vtq3epMw= =hzDG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
