[PATCH] block/ub.c: Increase number of partitions for usb storage

Hi,

I do backups to external USB storage and hit the 8 partitions limit of ub.c

This could also be a problem for others (HFS+ formatted iPods?)

Any reason for not increasing the partitions limit to 16?

Thanks,

Hans

diff -u drivers/block/ub.c.orig drivers/block/ub.c
--- drivers/block/ub.c.orig     2006-05-02 09:16:22.000000000 +0200
+++ drivers/block/ub.c  2006-04-30 13:37:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
/*
  */
-#define UB_PARTS_PER_LUN      8
+#define UB_PARTS_PER_LUN      16
#define UB_MAX_CDB_SIZE      16                /* Corresponds to Bulk */



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Hans A. Eide
University of Oslo, Norway


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