From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [NFS] RE: [autofs] multiple servers per automount
Date: 14 Oct 2003 13:44:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bmhn7t$odm$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3F8C1BB6.9010202@sun.com
Followup to: <3F8C1BB6.9010202@sun.com>
By author: Mike Waychison <Michael.Waychison@Sun.COM>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Here is the quick fix for this in RH 2.1AS kernels:
>
> http://www.kernelnewbies.org/kernels/rh21as/SOURCES/linux-2.4.9-moreunnamed.patch
>
> It makes unnamed block devices use majors 12, 14, 38, 39, as well as 0.
>
> I don't know if anyone is working out a better scheme for
> get_unnamed_dev in 2.6 yet. It does need to be done though. A simple
> patch for 2.6 would maybe see the unnamed_dev_in_use bitmap grow to
> PAGE_SIZE, automatically allowing for 32768 unnamed devices.
>
dev_t enlargement, which solves this without a bunch of auxilliary
majors, should be in 2.6.
-hpa
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-10-14 20:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-10 15:16 multiple servers per automount Ogden, Aaron A.
2003-10-13 3:23 ` [NFS] " Ian Kent
2003-10-14 7:05 ` Joseph V Moss
2003-10-14 13:37 ` RE: [autofs] " Ian Kent
2003-10-14 13:37 ` Ian Kent
2003-10-14 15:52 ` [NFS] " Mike Waychison
2003-10-14 15:52 ` [NFS] " Mike Waychison
2003-10-14 20:44 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2003-10-14 23:12 ` [NFS] RE: [autofs] " Mike Waychison
2003-10-15 10:28 ` Ingo Oeser
2003-10-15 16:16 ` Mike Waychison
2003-10-23 13:37 ` Ian Kent
2003-10-23 17:00 ` Mike Waychison
2003-10-23 17:09 ` Tim Hockin
2003-10-24 0:47 ` Ian Kent
2003-10-24 1:42 ` Tim Hockin
2003-10-15 7:22 ` Ian Kent
2003-10-15 7:22 ` Ian Kent
2003-10-15 7:22 ` Ian Kent
2003-10-15 14:31 [NFS] " Lever, Charles
2003-10-15 14:31 ` Lever, Charles
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