The MMC_BLOCK_MINORS config value is set too low

[Justin Hahn]

We have some use cases where we'd like to be able to access 8 or more partitions on an MMC device. Unfortunately, the MMC_BLOCK_MINORS config value is set to 8, which means we can only access the entire device and 7 partitions.

If this could be set to 24 or 32, it would be helpful.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1499512

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

[Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)]

Can you use the module parameter perdev_minors to work around this limitation ?

module_param(perdev_minors, int, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(perdev_minors, "Minors numbers to allocate per device");