On Mon, 1 Oct 2012 19:05:15 -0700 Ed Cashin <ecas...@coraid.com> wrote:
> Because udev use is so widespread, making the old static mapping > the default is too conservative, given the severe limitations it > places on usable AoE addresses. Storage virtualization and > larger shelves have made the old limitations too confining. > > These changes make the dynamic block device minor numbers the > default, removing the limitations on usable AoE addresses. > > The static arrangement is still available with aoe_dyndevs=0, and > the aoe-stat tool from the userland aoetools package, the user > space counterpart to the aoe driver, recognizes the case where > there is a mismatch between the minor number in sysfs and the > minor number in a special device file. Oh. There we are. Again, what are the back-(in)compatibility issues which users might encounter with this? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
