Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Oct 2002 11:04:26 -0700 | From | Dave Olien <> | Subject | Re: 2.5.43 disk repartitioning problems |
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I made a typo in the message below. The partitioning issue appears in linux 2.5.43. (NOT 2.4.3 ..)
On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 10:52:05AM -0700, Dave Olien wrote: > > Al, > > I'm working on the Mylex DAC960 device driver, bring in up to date > with the new block and dma interfaces. I've been posting patches on > occasion. I've also noticed you updating the driver when you make changes > to the gendisk kernel interfaces. Those updates are very helpful. > > I've noticed in 2.4.3 at least, that some changes to disk partitions > aren't noticed until you reboot. The same problem is seen with aacraid. > I don't THINK this is a driver issue. But, I might have missed something. > > I tried repartitioning two disks. On the first disk, I used fdisk > to split a single large partition into four smaller ones. Afterwards, > the first partition on that drive was still accessible. But I couldn't > access the three new partitions. I didn't test to see if the first > partition had been reduced in size. Rebooting made the new partitions > accessible. > > In the second case, I split an unpartitioned drive into four partitions. > None of the new partitions were accessible until I rebooted. > > Is this still a work in progress, or is there some driver hook I've missed? > > Thanks! > > Dave Olien > Open Source Development Lab > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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