}
/* This allocates a "struct gendisk" where we pack all the information
- * about the disk which the rest of Linux sees. We ask for one minor
- * number; I do wonder if we should be asking for more. */
- bd->disk = alloc_disk(1);
+ * about the disk which the rest of Linux sees. The argument is the
+ * number of minor devices desired: we need one minor for the main
+ * disk, and one for each partition. Of course, we can't possibly know
+ * how many partitions are on the disk (add_disk does that).
+ */
+ bd->disk = alloc_disk(16);
if (!bd->disk) {
err = -ENOMEM;
goto out_unregister_blkdev;