Re: [PATCH] register_blkdev

Greg KH
2003-03-08T00:53:38Z

On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 01:14:23AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 23:45, Greg KH wrote:
> > I would too. Andries's patches look like the right thing to do, so far
> > as I've seen. But there are larger, social issues, that probably need
> > to be answered first (like convincing Linus and others that this is
> > really needed).
> >
> > > > But if it is, a lot of character drivers need to be audited...
> > >
> > > What has to be done there?
> >
> > I haven't seen a patch yet, to really know what will be necessary. But
> > for one, a lot of drivers have static arrays where they just "know" that
> > there can't be more than 256 minors under their control.
>
> So we need a maxminors flag in the register for 2.6 I guess ?

Do you mean to only increase the number of majors, and not minors then?

greg k-h