Received: (at 19135) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Nov 2014 07:04:55 +0000 From debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org Mon Nov 24 02:04:55 2014 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43170 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from <debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org>) id 1Xsnhe-0006KR-NF for submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 02:04:55 -0500 Received: from rrzmta2.uni-regensburg.de ([194.94.155.52]:52978) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from <Ulrich.Windl@HIDDEN>) id 1Xsnhc-0006KD-P4 for 19135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 02:04:53 -0500 Received: from rrzmta2.uni-regensburg.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id B28D651CC1 for <19135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 08:04:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from gwsmtp1.uni-regensburg.de (gwsmtp1.uni-regensburg.de [132.199.5.51]) by rrzmta2.uni-regensburg.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E20A51C88 for <19135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 08:04:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from uni-regensburg-smtp1-MTA by gwsmtp1.uni-regensburg.de with Novell_GroupWise; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 08:04:51 +0100 Message-Id: <5472E6A2020000A100017F56@HIDDEN> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 14.0.1 Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 08:04:50 +0100 From: "Ulrich Windl" <Ulrich.Windl@HIDDEN> To: <19135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Antw: bug#19135: Acknowledgement (mklabel gpt always creates 128 partition entries) References: <546EF8E7020000A100017EFF@HIDDEN> <handler.19135.B.14165552561522.ack <at> debbugs.gnu.org> In-Reply-To: <handler.19135.B.14165552561522.ack <at> debbugs.gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 19135 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/debbugs-submit>, <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/debbugs-submit/> List-Post: <mailto:debbugs-submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org> List-Help: <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debbugs-submit>, <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" <debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org> X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) It turned out that UEFI spec 2.4 states the Partition Entry Array should = be at least 16kB (which is nonsense, because they should better define the = number of entries) which gives 128 Entries. However why have all those flexible data structures if the number of = Pertition Entries is fixed? I still believe 128 Pertition Entries is severe overkill.
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Full text available.Received: (at 19135) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Nov 2014 16:06:53 +0000 From debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org Fri Nov 21 11:06:53 2014 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41056 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from <debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org>) id 1XrqjU-00070E-NL for submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Nov 2014 11:06:52 -0500 Received: from mail-qa0-f53.google.com ([209.85.216.53]:54950) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from <hlovdal@HIDDEN>) id 1XrqjS-000707-SE for 19135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Nov 2014 11:06:51 -0500 Received: by mail-qa0-f53.google.com with SMTP id bm13so3662478qab.12 for <19135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 21 Nov 2014 08:06:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=roWt5/oPnWGBFz72jymK1ZUywreChjRPlnwSiLwqWHg=; b=kCcKK1whikecJ8m/TO8AF7ZiWjtthftB19l3dVCquTFDpjVtEYYFcC3WY7LL8vs0Di rvTyM9JMnas5lLW3gMCnfvRi0ZAS186czG3vlmU4GGnmc7nOfsPGkk/ZnCqHZHh6cGMS s/FLwIljrM34a6+vISubhBPECjUjeiRYUBqpZrDyNIzAaUmaH/dTdyr+IN8znkl74ahl l9fn8Nkzn/qDo8/nDGcEp1kF0DKJc1hzEZkpwR3vGzIN59mKfCweijuuFs7l3XDNBQBM 99yKNpaCQMfQSXoVjoTndyex57TNz3s4lsGsvTjLDqZmYOQPIDjClerDn9y8jtzVCFDN xbjw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.229.240.138 with SMTP id la10mr7532726qcb.13.1416586009713; Fri, 21 Nov 2014 08:06:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.140.81.227 with HTTP; Fri, 21 Nov 2014 08:06:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <546EF8E7020000A100017EFF@HIDDEN> References: <546EF8E7020000A100017EFF@HIDDEN> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:06:49 +0100 Message-ID: <CAACXqO9c3hZp17puiq0B47oNSp06okpUqvJSDZ_rc8p7K247Qg@HIDDEN> Subject: Re: bug#19135: mklabel gpt always creates 128 partition entries From: =?UTF-8?B?SMOla29uIEzDuHZkYWw=?= <hlovdal@HIDDEN> To: Ulrich Windl <Ulrich.Windl@HIDDEN> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 19135 Cc: 19135 <at> debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/debbugs-submit>, <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/debbugs-submit/> List-Post: <mailto:debbugs-submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org> List-Help: <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debbugs-submit>, <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" <debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org> X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) On 21 November 2014 08:33, Ulrich Windl <Ulrich.Windl@HIDDEN> wrote: > parted's "mkpart gpt" always creates a Partition Entry Array with 128 ent= ries. Is this also observed with version 2.3 of parted? If so can you reproduce with the latest version, 3.2? BR H=C3=A5kon L=C3=B8vdal
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"Ulrich Windl" <Ulrich.Windl@HIDDEN>:bug-parted@HIDDEN.
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