i've got an usb harddrive with > 7 partitions, but as usb block
devices has been allocated minor numbers 0-7 for uba,8-15 for ubb etc,
i can't get access to partitions beyond 7.
after google'ing a bit, i come across /drivers/block/ub.c and find
UB_MINORS_PER_MAJOR set to 8 - i've no experience with kernel hacking,
but it looks tempting just to rise that number to, say 16; but
hesitating to do so, as i don't know if it's breaking anything in
other parts of the kernel.
i suspect not, as it seems block major 180 is reserved for usb block
devices, but would like some feedback regarding this issue before
proceeding.
well, i went ahead and did raise the minor number to 16 : no problems so
far & it did the trick for me.
perhaps it should be the default setting ( my kernel is 2.6.13, i don't
know it has changed in newer kernels )
lars
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