Re: [NFS] RE: [autofs] multiple servers per automount

[H. Peter Anvin]

Followup to:  <3F8C1BB6.9010202@xxxxxxx>
By author:    Mike Waychison <Michael.Waychison@xxxxxxx>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> Here is the quick fix for this in RH 2.1AS kernels:
> 
> http://www.kernelnewbies.org/kernels/rh21as/SOURCES/linux-2.4.9-moreunnamed.patch
> 
> It makes unnamed block devices use majors 12, 14, 38, 39, as well as 0. 
> 
> I don't know if anyone is working out a better scheme for 
> get_unnamed_dev in 2.6 yet.  It does need to be done though.  A simple 
> patch for 2.6 would maybe see the unnamed_dev_in_use bitmap grow to 
> PAGE_SIZE, automatically allowing for 32768 unnamed devices.
> 

dev_t enlargement, which solves this without a bunch of auxilliary
majors, should be in 2.6.

	-hpa
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