Since the MBR layout only has partition records as 2-byte aligned, the
32-bit fields in them are not aligned. Thus, they cannot be accessed on
some architectures (such as SPARC) by using a "struct MBR_part_record *"
pointer, as the compiler can assume that the pointer is properly aligned.
Instead, the records must be accessed by going through the MBR struct
itself every time.
Signed-off-by: James Clarke <jrtc27@jrtc27.com>
Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>
To support incorpating a new bare device into a collection of arrays -
one partition each - mdadm needs a modest understanding of partition
tables.
The main needs to be able to recognise a partition table on one device
and copy it onto another.
This will be done using pseudo metadata types 'mbr' and 'gpt'.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
James Clarke
NeilBrown