In dedicated systems or small systems; the number of required ramdisks is by default (16) too large. Like the size of the ramdisks; these patches add that the number of rds can be configured in the kernel configuration. These patches are against the 2.6.9 -- ash nazg durbatulūk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulūk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul