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SubjectRe: block device size in 2.5


On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Joe Thornber wrote:

> Is gendisk the right name for that structure now ? Since all block
> devices now have to use it. I've always avoided using gendisk before,
> arguing that dm produces block devices, not disks. I don't need
> partitions and I don't particularly want the devices to appear in
> /proc/partitions.

*shrug* Probably we should change the name at some point. struct gendisk
was the best starting point for creating such structure...

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