Re: Fwd: 32bit dev_t

[Kurt Garloff <kurt@garloff.de>]

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Hi Doug,

On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 08:56:45AM +1100, Douglas Gilbert wrote:
> This post appeared recently on the linux kernel list.
> What is the maximum number of disks that can be attached
> in lk 2.5? Is it 256 (double the number of SCSI disk majors)
> or larger. I remember Richard Gooch's "sd-many" patch
> was rejected for 2.5 because it was said there was a
> better mechanism around the corner.

I'm also still waiting for the dev_t changes to port my 2.4 patches to
support many hard disks (2k) to 2.5.
Maybe the port should just be started now?
Any taker? (I'm a bit short on time, so it won't happen before mid Feb
if I have to do it myself.)

Regards,
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