kpartx package

kpartx (from the multipath-tools package) scans for partition tables in userland and uses the device-mapper subsystem to register them with the kernel. It is necessary for some device types, such as NBD, for which the kernel won't recognize partition tables on its own. (This also means that partition-table recognition can be removed from the kernel and done entirely in userland, if one so chooses).

The rest of multipath-tools is less useful in embedded systems, and so is not included here.
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