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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Disable partition scan
> But more importantly the commandline will be a killer. You would have to specify the device
> to be excluded prior to driver probing. Which means you'd have to know how the driver would
> enumerate the device and how the device to be excluded would be named.
> But exactly this isn't guaranteed, so it'll be virtually impossible to do so.

ok, you`re right

>PS.: One wonders what'll happen to the patch. Maybe it'll linger forever in bugzilla as no-one
>feels it important enough to have a look at it, let alone merge ...
>So, if there are any users out there, please speak up to have it merged!

you did that patch for a reason (customer request?) and we have another request for it in bugzilla.
i think it`s useful.

maybe adding the new param to kernel-params.txt and adding some more people cc below the
signed-off will raise chances for acceptance.


> devzero@web.de wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > iirc i had a setup a while ago where i also found disabling partition scanning would be nice to have.
> >
> > actually, we have a bugzilla entry for this - have a look at:
> >
> > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8588
> >
> > anyway, wouldn`t it be better to disable that on a per device basis or at least be able to exclude
> > the boot/system devices from being skipped?
> >
> Hmm. Not sure about this.
> For once, you'd have to have a tool like kpartx anyway to generate the partition mappings for the
> not-excluded devices. Hence it's not a big deal to use this tool _always_, ie for all devices.
>
> But more importantly the commandline will be a killer. You would have to specify the device
> to be excluded prior to driver probing. Which means you'd have to know how the driver would
> enumerate the device and how the device to be excluded would be named.
> But exactly this isn't guaranteed, so it'll be virtually impossible to do so.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hannes
> PS.: One wonders what'll happen to the patch. Maybe it'll linger forever in bugzilla as no-one
> feels it important enough to have a look at it, let alone merge ...
> So, if there are any users out there, please speak up to have it merged!
> --
> Dr. Hannes Reinecke zSeries & Storage
> hare@suse.de +49 911 74053 688
> SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg
> GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
>


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