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Subject: Re: number mtd partitions on 16 limits?
From: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@infradead.org>
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Hi,

On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 11:06 +0100, hermes33@freenet.de wrote:
> I need more than 16 mtd partitions on a omap1610 (arm) with kernel 2.4.20=
.=20
> I create 16 partitions. All ok, 'cat /proc/mtd' show mtd0 to mtd15.=20
> I create 17 partitions. 'cat /proc/mtd' show only mtd0 to mtd15.=20
> It seems to give a limit with 16 partitions.=20
> Where can I change that? can someone help me?

This is because of
#define MAX_MTD_DEVICES 16
at include/linux/mtd/mtd.h. Increase this macro. I guess it is harmless
to make it 32, feel free to send a patch.

--=20
Best regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (=D0=91=D0=B8=D1=82=D1=8E=D1=86=D0=BA=D0=B8=D0=B9 =D0=90=
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