Re: [PATCH 2/2] fs/partition/msdos: Fix unusable extended partition for > 512B sector

From: OGAWA Hirofumi
Date: Thu Mar 11 2010 - 17:40:37 EST


"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 03/11/2010 02:17 PM, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
>>
>> Those are all about the first (1/2) patch, not this second patch.
>> Personally, I'm thinking we should apply the first patch as bugfix.
>>
>> I'm talking about only second (2/2) patch in here.
>>
>
> The 2/2 patch seems to be a bug fix too; it implements the intent of the
> original code as far as I can see.

Yes, however the state is not so sure if compared to first patch. So I
said, if we want, we can drop it (2/2), because it's not so sure to fix
the real problem (bootloader's requirement).

Even if we apply this patch too, it shouldn't introduce new problems
though.

Thanks.
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OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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