diff -Naurp parted_orig/include/parted/linux.h parted-multipath-name-fix/include/parted/linux.h
--- parted_orig/include/parted/linux.h	2007-07-23 19:58:31.000000000 +0200
+++ parted-multipath-name-fix/include/parted/linux.h	2008-12-15 14:35:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ typedef	struct _LinuxSpecific	LinuxSpeci
 
 struct _LinuxSpecific {
 	int	fd;
+	char*	dmtype;         /**< device map target type */
 #if defined(__s390__) || defined(__s390x__)
 	unsigned int real_sector_size;
 	/* IBM internal dasd structure (i guess ;), required. */
diff -Naurp parted_orig/libparted/arch/linux.c parted-multipath-name-fix/libparted/arch/linux.c
--- parted_orig/libparted/arch/linux.c	2008-12-15 14:34:17.000000000 +0100
+++ parted-multipath-name-fix/libparted/arch/linux.c	2008-12-15 14:35:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <syscall.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -296,6 +297,44 @@ _is_sx8_major (int major)
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_DEVICE_MAPPER
 static int
+_dm_maptype (PedDevice *dev)
+{
+        LinuxSpecific*  arch_specific = LINUX_SPECIFIC (dev);
+        struct dm_task *dmt;
+        void *next;
+        uint64_t start, length;
+        char *target_type = NULL;
+        char *params;
+        int r = -1;
+        const char* dev_dir = getenv ("DM_DEV_DIR");
+
+        if (dev_dir && *dev_dir && !dm_set_dev_dir(dev_dir))
+                return r;
+
+        if (!(dmt = dm_task_create(DM_DEVICE_TABLE)))
+                return r;
+
+        if (!dm_task_set_name(dmt, dev->path))
+                goto bad;
+
+        dm_task_no_open_count(dmt);
+
+        if (!dm_task_run(dmt))
+                goto bad;
+
+        next = dm_get_next_target(dmt, NULL, &start, &length,
+                                  &target_type, &params);
+
+        arch_specific->dmtype = strdup(target_type);
+        if (arch_specific->dmtype == NULL)
+                goto bad;
+        r = 0;
+bad:
+        dm_task_destroy(dmt);
+        return r;
+}
+
+static int
 readFD (int fd, char **buf)
 {
         char* p;
@@ -485,6 +524,13 @@ _device_probe_type (PedDevice* dev)
 #ifdef ENABLE_DEVICE_MAPPER
         } else if (_is_dm_major(dev_major)) {
                 dev->type = PED_DEVICE_DM;
+                if (_dm_maptype(dev)) {
+                        ped_exception_throw (
+                                PED_EXCEPTION_BUG,
+                                PED_EXCEPTION_CANCEL,
+                                _("Unable to determine the dm type of %s."),
+                                dev->path);
+                }
 #endif
         } else if (dev_major == XVD_MAJOR && (dev_minor % 0x10 == 0)) {
                 dev->type = PED_DEVICE_XVD;
@@ -1102,6 +1148,7 @@ static PedDevice*
 linux_new (const char* path)
 {
         PedDevice*      dev;
+        LinuxSpecific*  arch_specific;
 
         PED_ASSERT (path != NULL, return NULL);
 
@@ -1117,6 +1164,8 @@ linux_new (const char* path)
                 = (LinuxSpecific*) ped_malloc (sizeof (LinuxSpecific));
         if (!dev->arch_specific)
                 goto error_free_path;
+        arch_specific = LINUX_SPECIFIC (dev);
+        arch_specific->dmtype = NULL;
 
         dev->open_count = 0;
         dev->read_only = 0;
@@ -1188,12 +1237,19 @@ linux_new (const char* path)
                         goto error_free_arch_specific;
                 break;
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_DEVICE_MAPPER
         case PED_DEVICE_DM:
-                if (!init_generic (dev, _("Linux device-mapper")))
+                {
+                  char* type;
+                  if (arch_specific->dmtype == NULL
+                      || asprintf(&type, _("Linux device-mapper (%s)"),
+                                  arch_specific->dmtype) == -1)
                         goto error_free_arch_specific;
-                break;
-#endif
+                  bool ok = init_generic (dev, type);
+                  free (type);
+                  if (!ok)
+                    goto error_free_arch_specific;
+                  break;
+                }
 
         case PED_DEVICE_XVD:
                 if (!init_generic (dev, _("Xen Virtual Block Device")))
@@ -1226,10 +1282,11 @@ error:
 static void
 linux_destroy (PedDevice* dev)
 {
-        ped_free (dev->arch_specific);
-        ped_free (dev->path);
-        ped_free (dev->model);
-        ped_free (dev);
+        free (((LinuxSpecific*)dev->arch_specific)->dmtype);
+        free (dev->arch_specific);
+        free (dev->path);
+        free (dev->model);
+        free (dev);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1964,6 +2021,7 @@ _device_get_part_path (PedDevice* dev, i
         int             path_len = strlen (dev->path);
         int             result_len = path_len + 16;
         char*           result;
+        LinuxSpecific*  arch_specific = LINUX_SPECIFIC (dev);
 
         result = (char*) ped_malloc (result_len);
         if (!result)
@@ -1976,12 +2034,17 @@ _device_get_part_path (PedDevice* dev, i
                 /* replace /disc with /path%d */
                 strcpy (result, dev->path);
                 snprintf (result + path_len - 5, 16, "/part%d", num);
+#ifdef ENABLE_DEVICE_MAPPER
+        } else if (dev->type == PED_DEVICE_DM && arch_specific->dmtype &&
+                   strcmp(arch_specific->dmtype, "multipath") == 0) {
+                /* This is what multipath-tools upstream and Debian uses, it's
+                 * a pure userpace (udev) decision! */
+                snprintf (result, result_len, "%s_part%d", dev->path, num);
+#endif
         } else if (dev->type == PED_DEVICE_DAC960
                         || dev->type == PED_DEVICE_CPQARRAY
                         || dev->type == PED_DEVICE_ATARAID
-#ifdef ENABLE_DEVICE_MAPPER
                         || dev->type == PED_DEVICE_DM
-#endif
                         || isdigit (dev->path[path_len - 1]))
                 snprintf (result, result_len, "%sp%d", dev->path, num);
         else