On 18.01.2012 16:31, Phillip Susi wrote:
On 1/18/2012 10:17 AM, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
Ideally there should be a function allowing to know how many entries
this table has.
If kernel API is unmodifiable and has inherent limit IMHO the best
strategy is to make this limit pertain only to kernel-specific parts.
There are. There is one to get the max allowed by the kernel, and one
to get the max allowed by the partition table. The problem I fixed is
that the dos partition table claimed to only allow 16 so when you
exceeded the limit, the kernel wouldn't get updated. There has to be a
limit somewhere and it needs to actually be enforced to prevent the
problem updating the kernel. Of course, until rather recently the
kernel limit was also 16.
I'll see when I can get an appointment with the doctor. I've had
problems with hitting those limits when I created ultra-multi-boot disk
You've created 64 partitions on a disk? Maybe you should switch to gpt?
Even that only gets you twice as many -- 128, or better yet, use LVM.
GPT limit is fixed on its creation. 128 is the minimum and recommended
default but you can put 1024 if you wish so.
I don't see a problem with raising the limit further than 64 if you
really think it's needed.
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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
