[PATCH] fix /boot/loader for extended slices

Simon 'corecode' Schubert corecode at fs.ei.tum.de
Sun Dec 19 12:47:52 PST 2004


On Sunday, 19. December 2004 21:20, Matthew Dillon wrote:
>     And, finally, after looking at the kernel slice table scanner I
>     noticed that the kernel seems to use a breadth-first traversal
>     whereas the boot loader appears to have been using a depth-first
>     traversal.  I changed the boot-loader to use a breadth-first
>     traversal.

maybe we should shape up that scanner code so that it can be used in various 
consumers (libdisk?). I think this is the only way to ensure that the kernel 
and consumers (loader, fdisk, installer, etc.) have matching numbers, which I 
consider crucial for proper transparency for the user

cheers
  simon

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