Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:07:35 +0100
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: ecashin@noserose.net
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.11] aoe [7/12]: support configuration of AOE_PARTITIONS from Kconfig
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On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 07:21:28AM -0800, ecashin@noserose.net wrote:
> 
> support configuration of AOE_PARTITIONS from Kconfig
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ed L. Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
> 
> diff -uprN a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
> --- a/drivers/block/Kconfig	2005-03-07 17:37:58.000000000 -0500
> +++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig	2005-03-10 12:19:54.000000000 -0500
> @@ -506,4 +506,19 @@ config ATA_OVER_ETH
>  	This driver provides Support for ATA over Ethernet block
>  	devices like the Coraid EtherDrive (R) Storage Blade.
>  
> +config AOE_PARTITIONS
> +	int "Partitions per AoE device" if ATA_OVER_ETH
> +	default "16"
> +	help
> +	  The default is to support 16 partitions per aoe device. Some
> +	  systems lack good support for devices with large minor
> +	  numbers.
> +
> +	  Such systems will be able to use more aoe disks when
> +	  AOE_PARTITIONS is set to one, but you won't be able to
> +	  partition the disks, and you must make sure your device
> +	  nodes are created to work with the value you select.
> +
> +	  If unsure, use 16.
> +

NACK.  this changes devices nodes based on a compile-time option.  Just
tell people to update their userland to a 2.6-copatible version.

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