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Re: New device drivers don't see beyond 15 partitions in fc7

From: Alan Cox <alan redhat com>
To: Development discussions related to Fedora Core <fedora-devel-list redhat com>
Cc:
Subject: Re: New device drivers don't see beyond 15 partitions in fc7
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:55:43 -0500

On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 08:32:53AM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> upgrade to FC-7 flawlessly, if /dev/hdx accomodated more then 15 
> partitions, then so should the new /dev/sdx when it becomes the new 
> device for this disk.

Thats something you need to take upstream. I would also like to see it happen
but previous patches to allow sparse minor numbers have always been vetoed by
some of the fs maintainers.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: New device drivers don't see beyond 15 partitions in fc7
  - From: Lamont Peterson
- Re: New device drivers don't see beyond 15 partitions in fc7
  - From: Arjan van de Ven

References:
- New device drivers don't see beyond 15 partitions in fc7
  - From: Clyde E. Kunkel
- Re: New device drivers don't see beyond 15 partitions in fc7
  - From: Gilboa Davara
- Re: New device drivers don't see beyond 15 partitions in fc7
  - From: Hans de Goede

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