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Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 23:58:03 +0200
From: Andries Brouwer <aebr@win.tue.nl>
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Subject: Re: PATCH - change to blkdev->queue calling triggers BUG in md.c
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On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 03:43:56PM -0600, Thunder from the hill wrote:

> > The faraway goal is: no partition table reading in the kernel.
> 
> Why not the faraway goal: no partition tables any more? They're annoying.

As soon as the kernel stops reading partition tables, user space
is entirely free in what it does. One of the possibilities is
then of course: no partition tables.