Xen virtual block device (vbd) limit
I'm working on a project where one paravirtualized guest needs access to 18 virtual block devices. When I tried to set this up, I found that the guest could only address 16 vbd devices. With some additional research, I found that this is the limit. Device major node 202 is assigned to Xen vbd devices and the allocation 16 partitions on each device (so 16 minor nodes numbers assigned to each device, which limits addressable devices to 16).
I've found that some distributions have been patched to raise this limit. Does anyone know if SLES 10 will include this fix or another work around?
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