Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Sep 2010 09:57:05 -0500 | From | Olof Johansson <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3] mmc: add config and runtime option for number of mmcblk minors |
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Hi,
On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 10:25:58PM +0800, Lei Wen wrote:
> The patch's purpose is good. As modern sd&mmc is used to host the file > system, the 8 partition limitation is becoming a kind of bottleneck... > But why not just add GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT flag to allow mmc use extended > partition numbers?
No need to quote the whole patch next time. :)
Given that MMC is sometimes used in deeply embedded environments where udev might not be running to take care of dynamic device numbering, I chose to stay with a static layout.
I could be convinced otherwise though. It would cause some additional hassles for me since we start udev lateish during boot and have a prepopulated /dev before that, but that can be dealt with.
-Olof
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