Re: New model for managing dev_t's for partitionable block devices

[Steven Dake <sdake@mvista.com>]

For newer revs of linux, I was specifically thinking of implementing 
using device mapper to provide partition mapping so your thinking just 
like me :)  The only downside is device mapper becomes a required 
component instead of being module capable since partition information is 
needed before early boot is available to load modules.

Regards,
-steve

Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:

>On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:20:31 MST, Steven Dake <sdake@mvista.com>  said:
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>>Each physical disk would be assigned a minor number in a group of 
>>majors.  So assume a major was chosen of 150, 151, 152, 153, there would 
>>be a total of 1024 physical disks that could be mapped.  Then the device 
>>mapper code could be used to provide partition devices in another 
>>major/group of majors.
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>This sounds suspiciously like the already-existing device mapper stuff
>used by LVM2.  Maybe all that's needed is to add a hook to add a device
>mapper entry for each partition?
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