[ofw] RE: [patch] fix_partitioning_support_in_xp_inf.patch

Fab Tillier ftillier at windows.microsoft.com
Thu Sep 11 09:08:18 PDT 2008


Hi Anatoly,

> The hardware id of default (primary) partition does not change. The
> iba\ipoibp used to id only new partitions, other than default. It is
> done to ease the recognition of partitions in device manager / network
> connections. Otherwise the user had to look for device instance id to
> figure out if the network connection is on primary (default) or new
> partition.

Why isn't the 'location' information updated with the partition?
That would make it even easier no?

-Fab



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