Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 7 Oct 1999 18:31:42 -0700 (PDT) | From | Aaron T Porter <> | Subject | Re: USB device allocation |
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On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> > OK, I'll bite. Gimme 1024 serial ports. Yesterday. > > That is 2048 devices (standard). > > Easy with devfs, pretty convoluted with dynamic major numbers. > > ? This is an academic exercise. You are not going to tell there is such > a box > out there? BTW if you didn't hear it before /dev/cuxx's are obsolete.
I've seen (and used) SGI Origin boxes with hundreds (I admin'ed a 512 serial port box), and I'm fairly certain one of the boxes had an even 1024.
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