[RFC 07/22] dm: blk: add UCLASS_PARTITION

[Heinrich Schuchardt]

On 12/3/21 08:16, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:
> Heinrich,
>
> On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 12:01:27PM +0900, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 01:02:55AM +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
>>> On 11/16/21 00:51, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:
>>>>>> Is the patch good enough to include in the series?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If not, you could reply to it with what needs doing.
>>>> ? I have already replied to your patch:)
>>>> Basically, it seems to be fine to me.
>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Simon
>>>>>>
>>>>> The patch is not usable as is. It assumes only GPT partioning is used.
>>>> @Heinrich
>>>> I don't get your point. Either my patch or Simon's is not specific
>>>> to GPT at all.
>>>>
>>>> So I'm going to start respinning my patch for a next round of discussion.
>>>
>>> A field name gpt_part_info obviously relates to GPT?
>>
>> No.
>>
>> IICU, the structure, disk_partition, is not particularly GPT-specific
>> as such type of data are used over various partition drivers.
>> In my patch series, I simply reuse "struct disk_part" as a structure
>> holding a partition number and partition information (= disk_partition).
>
> So do you agree that we won't have "partition-table" devices for now?
>
> -Takahiro Akashi

We don't need the partition-table to be a udevice now. We still can
later convert the partition drivers to a uclass if we deem it helpful.

Best regards

Heinrich

>
>
>> -Takahiro Akashi
>>
>>> Up to now this string exists only in cmd/gpt.c.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>> Heinrich
>>>
>>>>
>>>> -Takahiro Akashi
>>>>
>>>>> Instead all partition table drivers need to be converted to drivers for
>>>>> the new uclass.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Heinrich
>>>