Partition Filename Number Mismatch with Minor Number
Curtis Gedak
gedakc at gmail.com
Fri Mar 27 19:38:27 UTC 2009
Luca Berra wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 02:44:47PM -0600, Curtis Gedak wrote:
>> QUESTION
>> ========
>>
>> 1) Would this problem be considered a bug?
>>
>> It would seem to me that the partition minor numbers should match
>> the last number of the partition filename. That is, at least when
>> using the following formula:
>>
>> last number of partition filename ==
>> partition minor number % device minor number
>
> i'd say it can be considered a bug in libparted
>
> L.
>
Thank you for the response Luca.
I had to think on this one for a while.
In the case where a /dev/mapper device name ends in number, there exists
more than one way that each partition will be named.
Command Sample Partition #1 Name in /dev/mapper Directory
------- -------------------------------------------------
dmraid isw_cjbdddajhi_Vol01
kpartx isw_cjbdddajhi_Vol0p1
Based on the fact that there might be more than one name, I assume that
more than one partition minor number will be required. Using this
logic, libparted would the be tool that would need to handle this situation.
Regards,
Curtis
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