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Re: Disable CONFIG_ACORN_PARTITION_CUMANA in Debian kernels?



In message <Pine.LNX.4.63.0603281929280.3143@bobcat>
          Jurij Smakov <jurij@wooyd.org> wrote:

> We have received a number of bug reports (353400, 358913, 359207) against
> kernel packages about the check for the Cumana partition table, commonly 
> found on Acorn machines. Being too lax, this check occasionally produces 
> false positives for VFAT partition tables, preventing the proper mounting 
> of USB sticks. The easy solution is, naturally, to disable support for 
> this partition table by disabling CONFIG_ACORN_PARTITION_CUMANA. I wonder 
> if there are any known cases of people using disks with this partition
> table with our kernels. Can there be any other negative consequences?

Probably not for a rather long time.  Of course, it's possible, but
these people would be so rare that they would be using a custom kernel,
and the SCSI support to which this relates is perhaps questionable. You
should disable it.

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