From: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
To: Lei Wen <adrian.wenl@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Mandeep Baines <msb@chromium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] mmc: add config and runtime option for number of mmcblk minors
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 09:57:05 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100908145705.GC23745@lixom.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikLLwfSXbnjPByXTktEFFVueeAd7HZS5ft-rj-m@mail.gmail.com>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-08 14:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-08-18 4:13 [PATCH] mmc: make number of mmcblk minors configurable Olof Johansson
2010-08-19 0:16 ` Andrew Morton
2010-08-19 3:22 ` Olof Johansson
2010-08-20 1:02 ` [PATCH v2] mmc: add config and runtime option for number of mmcblk minors Olof Johansson
2010-08-20 22:13 ` [PATCH v3] " Olof Johansson
2010-08-20 22:18 ` sys_init_module system call runcoderen
2010-08-20 22:32 ` Randy Dunlap
2010-08-20 22:50 ` runcoderen
2010-09-08 14:25 ` [PATCH v3] mmc: add config and runtime option for number of mmcblk minors Lei Wen
2010-09-08 14:57 ` Olof Johansson [this message]
2010-09-08 15:19 ` Kay Sievers
2010-09-08 15:57 ` Olof Johansson
2010-09-08 16:48 ` Colin Cross
2010-09-08 16:50 ` [PATCH] mmc_block: Allow more than 8 partitions per card Colin Cross
2010-09-09 2:49 ` Lei Wen
2010-09-09 7:54 ` Adrian Hunter
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