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SubjectRe: [PATCH] struct char_device
On Tue, May 22 2001, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> so... why not implement partitions as simply doing block remaps to the
> lower level device? That's what EVMS/LVM/md are doing already.

That is indeed the plan, having partitions simply being 'just another'
sector remap when submitting I/O

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Jens Axboe

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