>We do pretty much the same thing you do, but we moved the call to
>minix_partition() down, into a new for loop. That way, the minix minors
>will be allocated above any existing extended partition. Many people
>expect the partitions inside the extended partition to start at minor 5.
I see your point. However ...
>Personally, I think the BSD Disklabel, Solaris slices, and other foreign
>partition types should also be in this second for loop.
... as long as this is not the case, such would introduce an inconsistency
Some do it right, some do it wrong.
Everybody who does it wrong is hated by all users
[who find that all partitions get different names
when they boot a different kernel].
Why not do it right?
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