> 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. Run it past Al Viro, he vetoed the previous proposal to have discontiguous minor number ranges a couple of years ago, which is why we are stuck with this limit. Alan -- 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
