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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2.6.27-rc2] block: loop device partition support
Christian Franke wrote:
> From: Christian Franke <cfchris6@yahoo.de>
>
> By default, partition support of loop devices is disabled and there
> seems to be no way to turn it on without changing code, if loop is not
> compiled as module.
> This patch introduces CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP_MAXPART to make partition
> support configurable via Kconfig. It keeps that feature disabled by
> default for not breaking backward compatibility.

The right thing would be to have a backwards compatiblity major and a
new major; similar to how the md device handles it.

-hpa


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