Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] qemu-nbd: Deprecate qemu-nbd --partition

2019-02-01 Thread Eric Blake
On 1/25/19 5:48 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > The existing qemu-nbd --partition code claims to handle logical > partitions up to 8, since its introduction in 2008 (commit 7a5ca86). > However, the implementation is bogus (actual MBR logical partitions > form a sort of linked list, with one partition per e

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] qemu-nbd: Deprecate qemu-nbd --partition

2019-01-28 Thread Stefano Garzarella
On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 05:48:37PM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: > The existing qemu-nbd --partition code claims to handle logical > partitions up to 8, since its introduction in 2008 (commit 7a5ca86). > However, the implementation is bogus (actual MBR logical partitions > form a sort of linked list, wi

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] qemu-nbd: Deprecate qemu-nbd --partition

2019-01-25 Thread Richard W.M. Jones
On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 05:48:37PM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: > The existing qemu-nbd --partition code claims to handle logical > partitions up to 8, since its introduction in 2008 (commit 7a5ca86). > However, the implementation is bogus (actual MBR logical partitions > form a sort of linked list, wi

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] qemu-nbd: Deprecate qemu-nbd --partition

2019-01-25 Thread Eric Blake
The existing qemu-nbd --partition code claims to handle logical partitions up to 8, since its introduction in 2008 (commit 7a5ca86). However, the implementation is bogus (actual MBR logical partitions form a sort of linked list, with one partition per extended table entry, rather than four logical