Comment 4 for bug 134983

It is artificial in the sense that the kernel developers chose to regard the SCSI partition limit problem of no apparent consequence when choosing to _replace_ the traditional IDE driver system with a libata driver system based upon a SCSI foundation. This they did in the face of ever more gargantuan hard disks.

It's also artificial in that the traditional drivers could still be provided for the benefit of upgraders who need them, as Mandriva and SUSE do.

LVM is not a solution for those who already have the partitions and dependencies on them in their rollout, maintenance and backup systems.