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[Bug 554582] Re: Gparted does not list dmraid devices

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From: Curtis Gedak <gedakc@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:56:20 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 554582 <554582@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Phillip Susi wrote:
> On 6/1/2010 11:52 AM, Curtis Gedak wrote:
>> My testing showed that libparted spent 33 seconds in libparted's 
>> ped_device_probe_all() when the BIOS was misconfigured.  See 
>> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351753#c20
>
> That sounds like a bug somewhere... it should only take about 1 or 2
> seconds for the kernel to fail any given read.  Perhaps
> ped_device_probe_all() continues retrying a dozen times rather than
> giving up.  That should probably be fixed.
>
> For that matter, why does it even consider floppies?  They can't be
> partitioned so it should pay no attention to them.

I whole heartedly agree. Parted and libparted should not even consider
floppy drives.

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Gparted does not list dmraid devices
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