Paul, Zaycrow - is there any indication that there will be a solution for the maximum number of texture slots in the not too far future?

And does this limitation also apply to gpu rendering for Lux?

I now have a GTX580, but even with a GTC 600 series I would not be able to render 90% of my scenes. Most will well run over 200 textures. So even with texture combining, it will be difficult to get that into 128 texture slots