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[PATCH] BSD disklabel: handle more than 8 partitions
authorRoland McGrath <roland@frob.com>
Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:51:24 +0000 (17:51 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>
Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:51:24 +0000 (17:51 -0700)
commit16939bd376d0df01d943f14839ffeae5def84af5
tree090d815aed105769d381d13d7e194cdc21d72425tree | snapshot
parent64b1f2ed98090563dab77a9672e543a1ec305053commit | diff
[PATCH] BSD disklabel: handle more than 8 partitions

NetBSD allows 16 partitions, not just 8.  This patch both ups the number,
and makes the recognition code tell you if the count in the disklabel
exceeds the number supported by the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Linux kernels and configurations used by Zygo.