Bug#684713: support for partitioned linux md devices

2012-08-24 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
Package: parted Version: 2.3-10 Severity: serious Tags: patch wheezy sid Background: I have added support to the debian installer for installation on Intel Matrix Raid (imsm) arrays as supported by mdadm (I'll be submitting patches to debian-boot soon). When installing on such an array, parti

Bug#684713: support for partitioned linux md devices

2012-08-24 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
On 24-08-12 9:01 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: However, there is one minor oversight/bug in the kernel: the sysfs "range" key is still set to "1" for md devices. That means libparted thinks that it's not possible to partition that device, when in fact it is. The attached patch reckognizes that situati

Bug#684713: support for partitioned linux md devices

2012-08-24 Thread Jim Meyering
Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > I've also filed this as a debian bugreport, > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=684713 > > Linux md raid array devices come in two flavours: partionable > (/dev/md_d0) and non-partitionable (/dev/md0). Or at least, > that used to be the case, until ker