Re: [PATCH 2.6.27-rc2] block: loop device partition support

[H. Peter Anvin]

Christian Franke wrote:
> From: Christian Franke <cfchris6@xxxxxxxx>
>
> By default, partition support of loop devices is disabled and there 
> seems to be no way to turn it on without changing code, if loop is not 
> compiled as module.
> This patch introduces CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP_MAXPART to make partition 
> support configurable via Kconfig. It keeps that feature disabled by 
> default for not breaking backward compatibility.

The right thing would be to have a backwards compatiblity major and a 
new major; similar to how the md device handles it.

	-hpa
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