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Message-ID: <20080917182032.GE20055@kernel.dk>
Date:	Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:20:33 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Chris Lalancette <clalance@...hat.com>,
	"xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com" <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND]: Expand Xen blkfront for > 16 xvd

On Wed, Sep 17 2008, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Chris Lalancette wrote:
> > Until recently, the maximum number of xvd block devices you could attach to
> > a Xen domU was 16.  This limitation turned out to be problematic for some users,
> > so it was expanded to handle a much larger number of disks.  However, this
> > requires a couple of changes in the way that blkfront scans for disks.  This
> > functionality is already present in the Xen linux-2.6.18-xen.hg tree; the
> > attached patch adds this functionality to the mainline xen-blkfront
> > implementation.  I successfully tested it on a 2.6.25 tree, and build tested it
> > on 2.6.27-rc3.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Chris Lalancette <clalance@...hat.com>
> > Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
> >   
> 
> Jens, do you have this one already?

I do not. Looks fine to me, I'll add it for 2.6.28.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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