On 2008/06/25 00:49 (GMT+0900) Tejun Heo apparently typed: > Felix Miata wrote: >> On 2008/06/24 23:59 (GMT+0900) Tejun Heo apparently typed: >>> I'm currently working on a scheme where partitions above gd->minors get >>> allocated dynamic MAJ:MIN. It looks like it can be done mostly in block >>> layer proper. The only problem I can foresee is not being able to >>> specify MAJ:MIN as root device but that shouldn't be a major problem. >>> I'll report back when I make more progress. >> Please correct me if I'm wrong, but on the following, would it not >> be a major problem booting, without deleting any existing or moving >> any existing, with only a few more upgrade cycles to replace what's >> there installed now with current and near future distros? > I'm not sure what you mean. If you switch to libata now, you'll only be > able to see 15 partitions, so, yes, you'll have problem updating to a Well, on the Fedora 9 on hda9 that is already the case, as it provided no option to not use libata. ;-) > distro which uses libata now and in near future. If the dynamic > partition thing goes well, hopefully the next major distro releases work > fine. I responded as I did due to your statement "only problem I can foresee is not being able to specify MAJ:MIN as root device", hoping to see some elaboration on the statement from you. I read your statement as "don't expect to be able to use any partition >15 as a root device". So, in the past root=3:17 would have been a valid replacement for root =/dev/hda17? If so, sorry for the noise, as I'd never seen that type of usage, and certainly would not miss it. -- "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?" Matthew 7:12 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
