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Subject: Re: number of xen block devices
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On 20/09/2016 4:50 PM, Colin Percival wrote:
> On 09/20/16 16:33, Julian Elischer wrote:
>> Is there a maximum number of block devices supported for an AMI type
>> installation?
> Does "AMI type installation" mean EC2?
yes
>
>> Our tests a while back showed a limit of 14.
>>
>> Has that changed in 10.3?
>>
>> If not is it an artificial limit we can get past by simply recompiling something?
> There was a bug a while back which resulted in high-numbered xbd
> devices not showing up; I fixed that three years ago in r255051,
> shortly before stable/10 branched.
that may be what we were seeing.
I'll know in a few days.

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