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From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...>
To: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...>
Subject: Re: [code] Unlimited partitions, a try
Date: Friday, October 5, 2007 - 6:27 pm

On Oct 5 2007 15:11, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

GPT allows up to 128 partitions, and the linux partition code currently 
allows for up to MAX_PART (256). Assuming 1048576/128, that would give 
8192 disks. With dynamic minor allocation and reuse, all that goes away 
and the limit becomes a bit less than 1048576 _partitions_.
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[code] Unlimited partitions, a try, Jan Engelhardt, (Fri Oct 5, 7:50 am)
Re: [code] Unlimited partitions, a try, H. Peter Anvin, (Fri Oct 5, 6:11 pm)
Re: [code] Unlimited partitions, a try, Alan Cox, (Fri Oct 5, 7:29 pm)
Re: [code] Unlimited partitions, a try, Alexander E. Patrakov, (Sat Oct 6, 4:36 am)
Re: [code] Unlimited partitions, a try, H. Peter Anvin, (Fri Oct 5, 7:29 pm)
Re: [code] Unlimited partitions, a try, Bill Davidsen, (Sat Oct 6, 3:33 pm)
Re: [code] Unlimited partitions, a try, Lennart Sorensen, (Tue Oct 9, 2:15 pm)
Re: [code] Unlimited partitions, a try, Jan Engelhardt, (Fri Oct 5, 6:27 pm)
Re: [code] Unlimited partitions, a try, H. Peter Anvin, (Fri Oct 5, 6:57 pm)