Re: Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-18 Thread Michael Schmitz
Philip, On 12/17/2013 2:17 PM, Thorsten Glaser wrote: I thought so too, but it turns out that the Atari IDE interface is literally wired “the wrong way”, so you do need to bswap the entire disc – not just partition table or filesystem metadata – but also user data – before exchanging it between

Re: Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-17 Thread Phillip Susi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/17/2013 2:17 PM, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > I thought so too, but it turns out that the Atari IDE interface is > literally wired “the wrong way”, so you do need to bswap the entire > disc – not just partition table or filesystem metadata – but also

Re: Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-17 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Phillip Susi dixit: >> John Paul Adrian Glaubitz dixit: >> >>> But, of course, you could apply the patch to gparted, rebuild >>> it, then create a partition table on a hard disk and hook it up >>> to your ATARI and see if it's being recognized. >> >> Before hooking it up, bswap the disc if it’s

Re: Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread Phillip Susi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 12/16/2013 04:19 PM, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > John Paul Adrian Glaubitz dixit: > >> But, of course, you could apply the patch to gparted, rebuild >> it, then create a partition table on a hard disk and hook it up >> to your ATARI and see if it's

Re: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread Thorsten Glaser
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz dixit: >But, of course, you could apply the patch to gparted, rebuild it, >then create a partition table on a hard disk and hook it up to >your ATARI and see if it's being recognized. Before hooking it up, bswap the disc if it’s IDE, though. bye, //mirabilos -- Yay for

Re: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread Stefan Niestegge
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Re: Bug#239816: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread Phillip Susi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/16/2013 2:45 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > I'm pretty sure that Philipp was talking about tests which are run > during build time to check the code, hence the name "make check". Yes. You should start with the current git head preferab

Re: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread Stefan Niestegge
Am 16.12.2013 19:18, schrieb Phillip Susi: > Would you be able to write a test case so make check verifies it is > working? > If i can help in any way, please explain what to do. (I am the one with the Falcon 060). > On 12/13/2013 5:54 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >> Hi! > >> While chat

Re: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 12/16/2013 08:31 PM, Stefan Niestegge wrote: > Am 16.12.2013 19:18, schrieb Phillip Susi: >> Would you be able to write a test case so make check verifies it is >> working? >> > > If i can help in any way, please explain what to do. > (I am the one with the Falcon 060). I'm pretty sure that Ph

Re: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 12/16/2013 07:18 PM, Phillip Susi wrote: > Would you be able to write a test case so make check verifies it is > working? What kind of checks does libparted perform during build to verify it's doing what it's supposed to do. Is there any documentation or do I need to dig into the code? Adrian

Re: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread Stefan Niestegge
Am 16.12.2013 19:18, schrieb Phillip Susi: > Would you be able to write a test case so make check verifies it is > working? > If i can help in any way, please explain what to do. (I am the one with the Falcon 060). > On 12/13/2013 5:54 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >> Hi! > >> While chat

Re: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread Phillip Susi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/13/2013 6:32 PM, Michael Schmitz wrote: > John, > > as long as libparted (or some other PC side kernel magic > automagically invoked by libparted - dm??) does take care of > byte-swapping IDE data on the fly, go for it. I had a quick glance > at

Re: bug#16134: libparted Atari partition table support

2013-12-16 Thread Phillip Susi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Would you be able to write a test case so make check verifies it is working? On 12/13/2013 5:54 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Hi! > > While chatting with someone who was trying to install Linux onto > his ATARI Falcon 060, we stumbled into t