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[code] Unlimited partitions, a try

... are too few. So I tried the following: after scanning the ... we know the number of partitions P on a disk, create ... magic, so expect some horrible code. Ideas, hints, anything is welcome ... I/O error reading the partition table */ return -EIO; - for (p ...

linux-kernel - Jan Engelhardt - Oct 5 2007 - 07:50

Re: [code] Unlimited partitions, a try

... Peter Anvin wrote: > Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> 15 partitions (at least for sd_mod devices) are ... partitions, and the linux partition code currently allows for up to MAX_PART (256 ... goes away and the limit becomes a bit less than 1048576 _partitions_. - ...

linux-kernel - Jan Engelhardt - Oct 5 2007 - 18:27

Re: [code] Unlimited partitions, a try

... Anvin wrote: >> Jan Engelhardt wrote: >>> 15 partitions (at least for sd_mod devices) are ... partitions, and the linux partition code currently > allows for up to MAX_PART ( ... goes away > and the limit becomes a bit less than 1048576 _partitions_. Yes, ...

linux-kernel - H. Peter Anvin - Oct 5 2007 - 18:57

Re: [code] Unlimited partitions, a try

... .com> wrote: > Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > 15 partitions (at least for sd_mod devices) are ... the right way to punt all our partitioning to userspace Alan - To unsubscribe from ... linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org ...

linux-kernel - Alan Cox - Oct 5 2007 - 19:29

Re: [code] Unlimited partitions, a try

... .com> wrote: > >> Jan Engelhardt wrote: >>> 15 partitions (at least for sd_mod devices) are ... > right way to punt all our partitioning to userspace Sure. However, that takes ... linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More ...

linux-kernel - H. Peter Anvin - Oct 5 2007 - 19:29

Re: [code] Unlimited partitions, a try

... > wrote: >> >>> Jan Engelhardt wrote: >>>> 15 partitions (at least for sd_mod devices) ... configurations requiring more than 15 partitions are properly described as "trivial. ... large and complex enough that a userspace solution will be acceptable. ...

linux-kernel - Bill Davidsen - Oct 6 2007 - 15:33

Re: [code] Unlimited partitions, a try

Jan Engelhardt wrote: > 15 partitions (at least for sd_mod devices) are too few. ... recycle some of the higher bits for additional partitions, across the board? 63 partitions ... linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More ...

linux-kernel - H. Peter Anvin - Oct 5 2007 - 18:11

Re: [code] Unlimited partitions, a try

... > right way to punt all our partitioning to userspace. > Then please fix support for ... activation, but not on deactivation of partitions, and has an obvious off-by-one ... E. Patrakov --- a/kpartx/kpartx.c +++ b/kpartx/kpartx.c ...

linux-kernel - Alexander E. Patrakov - Oct 6 2007 - 04:36

Re: [code] Unlimited partitions, a try

... that configurations requiring more than 15 partitions are > properly described as "trivial." ... be large and complex enough that a userspace solution will be > acceptable. And ... too, which seems better than partitions in many cases. -- Len Sorensen - ...

linux-kernel - Lennart Sorensen - Oct 9 2007 - 14:15

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