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From: devzero@web.de
To: Ken Chen <kenchen@google.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] remove artificial software max_loop limit
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:36:11 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1714123823@web.de> (raw)

>Blame on the dual meaning of max_loop that it uses currently: to
>initialize a set of loop devices and as a side effect, it also sets
>the upper limit.  People are complaining about the former constrain,
>isn't it?  Does anyone uses the 2nd meaning of upper limit?
>
>- Ken

what sense would it make to set an upper limit at all?

we`re so happy to have none anymore :)

i think andrew`s suggestion is just good:

>So if we're worried about not breaking existing setups, we should retain
>this module parameter as a do-nothing thing, maybe with a
>this-is-going-away warning printk, too.


roland



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             reply	other threads:[~2007-04-01 18:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-04-01 18:36 devzero [this message]
2007-04-01 18:43 ` Kyle Moffett
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-04-01 18:54 devzero
2007-04-01 10:53 devzero
2007-04-01 18:03 ` Ken Chen
2007-04-01 19:00 ` Jeff Dike
2007-04-01  9:16 devzero
2007-03-30  7:53 Ken Chen
2007-03-30  8:48 ` Ken Chen
2007-03-30  9:07   ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-03-30  9:25     ` Ken Chen
2007-03-30 16:16       ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-03-30 21:15       ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-30 22:06         ` Ken Chen
2007-03-30 22:50           ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-31 17:07         ` Greg KH
2007-03-31 17:41           ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-01  4:16             ` Ken Chen
2007-04-04 10:31               ` Tomas M
2007-04-04 18:47                 ` Andrew Morton
2007-04-01 16:53         ` Tomas M
2007-04-01 16:57           ` Tomas M
2007-04-01 18:10             ` Ken Chen
2007-04-01 19:06               ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-04-06 20:33                 ` Bill Davidsen
2007-04-07 16:18                   ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-04-07 16:34                     ` Bill Davidsen
2007-03-30 21:46       ` Andrew Morton
2007-03-30 21:52         ` Jan Engelhardt

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