New device drivers don't see beyond 15 partitions in fc7

[Alan Cox]

On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 08:32:53AM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> upgrade to FC-7 flawlessly, if /dev/hdx accomodated more then 15 
> partitions, then so should the new /dev/sdx when it becomes the new 
> device for this disk.

Thats something you need to take upstream. I would also like to see it happen
but previous patches to allow sparse minor numbers have always been vetoed by
some of the fs maintainers.