On Mon, 2013-03-04 at 21:24 +0800, Daniele Testa wrote: > Ok, but that is how it currently looks like: > > root@ubuntu:/dev# ls -al|grep nbd > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 0 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd0 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 16 2013-03-02 17:15 nbd1 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 160 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd10 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 176 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd11 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 192 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd12 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 208 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd13 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 224 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd14 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 240 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd15 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 32 2013-03-02 17:16 nbd2 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 48 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd3 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 64 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd4 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 80 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd5 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 96 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd6 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 112 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd7 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 128 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd8 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 144 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd9 > > The device files created by the installation skips 16 minors. Shouldn't I > do the same if I create more files? > Could you please give me an example how to add more device files than the > 16 ones already there?
I didn't test, but $ modinfo nbd filename: /lib/modules/3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64/kernel/drivers/block/nbd.ko license: GPL description: Network Block Device depends: intree: Y vermagic: 3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64 SMP mod_unload parm: nbds_max:number of network block devices to initialize (default: 16) (int) parm: max_part:number of partitions per device (default: 0) (int) parm: debugflags:flags for controlling debug output (int) rings a bell. Nicolas > > Regards, > Daniele > > > 2013/3/4 Paul Clements <[email protected]> > > > On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 3:05 AM, Daniele Testa <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > I am trying to create new devices files, i.e /dev/nbdXX but I'm having > > > problems. > > > > > > (root@h2)-(/dev)# mknod /dev/nbd32 b 43 512 > > > > > > (root@h2)-(/dev)# nbd-client example.com 10002 /dev/nbd32 > > > > You should only skip minors if you have partitioning support > > (max_part) enabled in nbd. Otherwise, nbd devices use consecutive > > minor numbers. > > > > -- > > Paul > > > Ok, but that is how it currently looks like: > > > root@ubuntu:/dev# ls -al|grep nbd > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 0 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd0 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 16 2013-03-02 17:15 nbd1 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 160 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd10 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 176 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd11 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 192 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd12 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 208 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd13 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 224 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd14 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 240 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd15 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 32 2013-03-02 17:16 nbd2 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 48 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd3 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 64 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd4 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 80 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd5 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 96 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd6 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 112 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd7 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 128 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd8 > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 43, 144 2013-03-02 17:04 nbd9 > > > The device files created by the installation skips 16 minors. > Shouldn't I do the same if I create more files? > Could you please give me an example how to add more device files than > the 16 ones already there? > > > Regards, > Daniele > > > 2013/3/4 Paul Clements <[email protected]> > On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 3:05 AM, Daniele Testa > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am trying to create new devices files, i.e /dev/nbdXX but > I'm having > > problems. > > > > (root@h2)-(/dev)# mknod /dev/nbd32 b 43 512 > > > > (root@h2)-(/dev)# nbd-client example.com 10002 /dev/nbd32 > > You should only skip minors if you have partitioning support > (max_part) enabled in nbd. Otherwise, nbd devices use > consecutive > minor numbers. > > -- > Paul > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb > _______________________________________________ > Nbd-general mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nbd-general ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb _______________________________________________ Nbd-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nbd-general
