Re: [PATCH 4/4] virtio_blk: use disk_name_format() to support mass of disks naming

[Asias He <asias.hejun@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Ren Mingxin <renmx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  Hi, He:
>
>
> On 03/30/2012 07:22 PM, Asias He wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Ren Mingxin<renmx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>>
>>>  The current virtblk's naming algorithm only supports 263  disks.
>>> If there are mass of virtblks(exceeding 263), there will be disks
>>> with the same name.
>>
>> This fix is pretty nice. However, current virtblk's naming still
>> supports up to 18278 disks, no?
>> ( index 0  ->  vda, index 18277 ->  vdzzz ).
>
>
> Sorry, I intended to type 26^3+ (26^2+26)...
> It may still be a restriction which should be improved though.

OK.

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Asias He
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