Re: Unreliable GPT detection

[Tom Ivar Helbekkmo <tih%hamartun.priv.no@localhost>]

Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost> writes:

> tih%hamartun.priv.no@localhost (Tom Ivar Helbekkmo) writes:
>
>>In this situation, I can't get the GPT recognized.  In fact, using
>>gpt(8) to look at sd0, it says there is nothing there, even though sd0
>>is, at that time, fully online, and working fine in its own right.
>
> That is strange. If gpt cannot read anything, then any other program
> cannot read anything either.

Yeah, it's weird.  I almost re-initialized the device, but then I
discovered that an older kernel still successfully discovered it.  I may
have done it wrong, though - but I'm pretty sure I ran 'gpt show
/dev/sd0', and was told there was nothing there.

>>I guess the better solution would involve recognizing the "in process of
>>becoming ready" situation,
>
> The following patch should help:

I see you just removed the bailout from the master branch, now.  Seems
right to me.  I'll be testing it various ways, and I'll let you know if
I see anything unexpected.  Thank you!  :)

-tih
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