Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:35:31 +0200 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: regarding major number of block extended devt |
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Tejun Heo wrote: > Hello, > > Extended devt is scheduled for 2.6.28 merge and is currently using 259. > Can extended devt keep this major or should it use something else?
Oops, I forgot to write information about ext devt.
259 block Block extended device numbers
This is pool of dynamically allocated block device numbers. Currently, ide and sd overflows into this region if there are more partitions than the existing device number scheme can accomodate, but any block device can use it and it's not restricted to overflows.
Thanks.
-- tejun
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