Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:40:32 -0700 | Subject | Re: Regression parsing GPT (EFI) partition tables | From | Doug Anderson <> |
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Davidlohr,
On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> wrote: > Then you should *really* use the force_gpt option, which is there to > bypass any MBR checks, and you can avoid issues like this :) > > Anyway, this is still a regression and I believe we can go ahead and > just warn the user about the case instead of not recognizing the disk. > > Bill/Doug, care to send a formal patch (with corresponding comments)?
OK, I've posted up at <https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/3019531/>. As I've said, I haven't spent the time to really understand every last detail (I was just doing dumb git bisects), so if my explanation / comments don't actually make sense then please correct me.
Thanks for your help in tracking this down!
-Doug
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