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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [code] Unlimited partitions, a try
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:11:52 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4706B6A8.2060800@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710051347470.13406@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> 15 partitions (at least for sd_mod devices) are too few.

Now when we have 20-bit minors, can't we simply recycle some of the 
higher bits for additional partitions, across the board?  63 partitions 
seem to have been sufficient; at least I haven't heard anyone complain 
about that for 15 years.

	-hpa

  reply	other threads:[~2007-10-05 22:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-05 11:50 [code] Unlimited partitions, a try Jan Engelhardt
2007-10-05 22:11 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2007-10-05 22:27   ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-10-05 22:57     ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-10-05 23:29   ` Alan Cox
2007-10-05 23:29     ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-10-06 19:33       ` Bill Davidsen
2007-10-09 18:15         ` Lennart Sorensen
2007-10-06  8:36     ` Alexander E. Patrakov

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