Re: lots and lots of disks again

[Kurt Garloff <garloff@suse.de>]

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Hi,

On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 09:21:13PM +0000, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 09:58:33PM +0100, Kurt Garloff wrote:
> > We maintain backwards compatibility.
> > We need some bit shuffling and the rest is straightforward.
> 
> Bit shuffling where?  Since partitioning does *not* reach the driver (nor
> should it), I really wonder where exactly do you expect that turd to land.

We always needed to tell the gendisk code what part of the minor refers
to disks and which one to partitions. The knowledge is there, like it or
not.

> > I don't see what's crappy with the suggestion. Tell us!
> 
> Putting partitioning crap back into driver.

Oh well, are you happier if we declare the two bits reserved instead
of having the hope of using them to extend the number of partitions per 
disk to 64 per disk some day?

Regards,
-- 
Kurt Garloff  <garloff@suse.de>                            Cologne, DE 
SUSE LINUX AG, Nuernberg, DE                          SUSE Labs (Head)

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