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From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 15:43:57 +0100 (MET)
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To: mikpe@csd.uu.se
Subject: Re: [PATCH - RFC] number of Solaris slices
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    From: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se>

    >People tell me that SOLARIS_X86_NUMSLICE should be 16 instead of 8.
    >And it seems there is some truth in that.
    >
    >On the other hand, there have certainly been times that 8 was the
    >right number. Instead of using a define for the number of slices
    >(partitions, if you prefer), is it OK for all Solaris versions to
    >use v->v_nparts?

    Your patch didn't break my dual boot Linux + Sol8 x86 box.
    It has about 8 slices in the Solaris partition.

Good - thanks!

I just tested it myself. Burned Solaris 8 install CDs,
[using ide-scsi, which worked fine for me under 2.6.0-test11 :-)],
installed and booted to see

 hda2: <solaris: [s0] hda5 [s1] hda6 [s2] hda7 [s6] hda8 [s8] hda9 [s9] hda10 >

so that this particular install indeed uses 16 and not 8 slices.
Expect to submit this patch when development thaws again.

Andries