Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Mar 2004 21:03:41 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: Patch - make config_max_raw_devices work |
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Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> wrote: > > > > Badari wrote basically the same patch a couple of months back. I dropped > > it then, too ;) > > > > raw is a deprecated interface and if we keep on adding new features to it, > > we will never be rid of the thing. If your application requires more than > > 256 raw devices, please convert it to open the block device directly, > > passing in the O_DIRECT flag. > > We only deprecated this thing on the 4th Feb 2004. I want to see the raw > driver die but we cant expect apps to change their interfaces in the space > of a month.
Nobody has complained about the 256-device limit thus far. I fully expected to lose this one, but I don't think I've bitched about it enough yet.
> Can we reach a compromise? :)
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