Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Ramdisk driver hard limit is too low | From | Steven L Baur <> | Date | 15 Apr 1996 20:29:42 -0700 |
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From drivers/block/rd.c: /* These *should* be defined as parameters */ #define NUM_RAMDISKS 8 #define RD_DEFAULTSIZE 2880 /* 2.88 MB */
I cast my vote in favor of fixing this. The hard limit on a dynamically growing object is non-intuitive, and the ability of gzip -9 to compress so well means this limit can be reached in well under a single 1.44MB floppy (with a Linux kernel taking up the first 350 blocks).
-- steve@miranova.com baur Unsolicited commercial e-mail will be proofread for $250/hour. Andrea Seastrand: For your vote on the Telecom bill, I will vote for anyone except you in November.
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