Bug 77161 - Request to increase DK_MAX_MAJOR in include/linux/kernel_stat.h
Summary: Request to increase DK_MAX_MAJOR in include/linux/kernel_stat.h
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 2.1
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Larry Woodman
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-11-01 22:56 UTC by Heather Conway
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:06 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2005-09-28 11:42:29 UTC
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Description Heather Conway 2002-11-01 22:56:53 UTC
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Description of problem:
Request to increase DK_MAX_MAJOR in include/linux/kernel_stat.h 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Request to increase DK_MAX_MAJOR in include/linux/kernel_stat.h from 99 to 
255.  This would allow for tracking of iostat performance metrix for pseudo 
devices that have major numbers greater than 99.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2002-12-05 17:28:33 UTC
What devices is this? Are the device numbers assigned by lanana ?

Comment 2 Heather Conway 2002-12-17 14:25:51 UTC
Our PowerPath developers are using major numbers 232-239 for our PowerPath 
multi-pathing product.  
I'm not familiar with Ianana....what is it?

Comment 3 Larry Troan 2003-02-18 20:33:40 UTC
Arjan, Heather asks "I'm not familiar with Ianana....what is it?"

Comment 4 Matt Domsch 2003-04-28 15:48:54 UTC
lanana is the Linux Assigned Names and Numbers Authority, who assigns the
major/minor space for device nodes, as published on www.lanana.org and
linux/Documentation/devices.txt.  That's who you go to to offically request
major/minor numbers for your devices.

In kernel 2.4.9-e.18 DK_MAX_MAJOR is still 99, thus this won't be fixed in the
Q2 errata.


Comment 5 Matt Domsch 2004-11-22 23:25:57 UTC
Heather, is this bug still relevant?
RHEL2.1 Update 6 Public Beta kernel 2.4.9-e.51 still has DK_MAX_MAJOR
set to 99.  RHEL2.1 Update 7 is closed to all but Sev. 1 bugs, and
there aren't any little-fix Updates planned.

Can you close this as WONTFIX, given that it hasn't been, and won't be?
-Matt


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