From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: [PATCHSET 2.6.26-rc8] block: implement extended devt Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:37:59 +0900 Message-ID: <4870D8C7.6080100@gmail.com> References: <1215073986-4709-1-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from qb-out-0506.google.com ([72.14.204.232]:56828 "EHLO qb-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756019AbYGFOid (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Jul 2008 10:38:33 -0400 Received: by qb-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id a33so10769372qbd.1 for ; Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:38:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1215073986-4709-1-git-send-email-tj@kernel.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: jeff@garzik.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com, bharrosh@panasas.com, greg.freemyer@gmail.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, brking@linux.vnet.ibm.com Tejun Heo wrote: > Hello, all. > > This patchset implements extended devt for block devices. This is > mainly to work around sd limitations (16 minors per device) but can > easily be used to allow more partitions or more devices. I'm updating the patchset. Please standby a bit. Thanks. -- tejun