Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:43:19 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.27-rc2] block: loop device partition support |
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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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