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-rw-r--r--perl-install/NEWS2
-rw-r--r--perl-install/devices.pm2
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/NEWS b/perl-install/NEWS
index c8c300ed9..c496c25f2 100644
--- a/perl-install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- handle virtio when looking for major/minor of a block device (#49339)
+
Version 12.39 - 16 Jun 2009
- properly handle hidden variables in installer and diskdrake.
diff --git a/perl-install/devices.pm b/perl-install/devices.pm
index 0423e3598..886e2e4f6 100644
--- a/perl-install/devices.pm
+++ b/perl-install/devices.pm
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ sub entry {
if (/^0x([\da-f]{3,4})$/i) {
$type = c::S_IFBLK();
($major, $minor) = unmakedev(hex $1);
- } elsif (/^(sd.)(\d{0,2})/) {
+ } elsif (/^([sv]d.)(\d{0,2})/) {
my $path = $2 ? "/sys/block/$1/$1$2/dev" : "/sys/block/$1/dev";
($major, $minor) = split(':', chomp_(cat_($path)));
$type = c::S_IFBLK();