[PATCH] fix fd.o bug 5158, add TYPE_RBC (from 2.6.14) to blockdev.c

David Zeuthen david at fubar.dk
Tue Nov 29 08:35:03 PST 2005


On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 00:16 +0100, Danny Kukawka wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This patch fixes the fd.o bug 5158 and add TYPE_RBC from current kernel 
> version 2.6.14 to hotplug_event_begin_add_blockdev(). In case of TYPE_RBC 
> (e.g. from extern firewire device) I propose, after a look into the kernel, 
> to set 'storage.drive_type' to 'disk'.
> 
> Please review.

Eh, I have little to no idea what RBC means (what is it?). A general
comment is that you want to make sure that it's only disks and we don't
get any other devices we don't want to mess up.

Cheers,
David




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