Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 8 Mar 2003 22:21:51 +0000 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] register_blkdev |
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On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 02:16:51PM -0800, Joel Becker wrote: > On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 09:52:39PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > Having more than one major for disks is a hack. Already.
Damn, to you actually read what I wrote in all previous mails? THE MAJOR/MINOR SPLIT IS GONE FOR BLOCK DEVICES. There are just ranges, the only difference with a bigger dev_t is that the total amount of claimed space can be bigger.
> We've already got systems with 4000 disks attached. Registered > with the system, even. This isn't hiding behind some big array. They > are part of the system. No, it's not on Linux, because Linux can't > handle it. But if the system wants to go Linux, Linux has to handle it. > And 1900 disks wont' cut it *today*. Never mind 2 years from now.
So if you need so damn lot why don't you start auditing the character drivers now instead of whining?
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