linux-kernel - Re: Just a small question on new kernels

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Message-ID: <ac3eb2510811170459j13a13c0cs1b649a67e6901b7f@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:59:01 +0100
From:	"Kay Sievers" <kay.sievers@...y.org>
To:	"Manfred Preußig" <PreussigM@....de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Just a small question on new kernels

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 13:13, Manfred Preußig <PreussigM@....de> wrote:
> since I haven't a subscription yet for the list please send all
> answers to me in addition.
>
> I only want to know one thing: Is there any plan to 'let the older
> ide driver die' in kernel or have they done it at all yet? I use an
> ide disk with more than 15 partitions due to historic reasons and
> don't want to change this. With the kernel I use at the moment I can
> add a kernel param (hwprobe=-modules.pata) to prevent the newer
> driver from handling the disk and so it works but what's about newer
> kernels and what is planned for the future?
>
> many thanks for any answer (or a link to an answer I overlooked in
> archive or FAQ)

sd* block devices, or libata drivers will not have a limit on partitions:
  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=3e1a7ff8a0a7b948f2684930166954f9e8e776fe

Kay