Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: adding scsi devices | Date | Thu, 19 Dec 1996 18:22:04 +0000 (GMT) |
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> The real problem is that there isn't enough space in the 8-bit minor > device number space to address the controller, bus, ID, and LUN bits. > When we move to using a 32-bit minor device number, it will make a > scheme like this much easier to do under Linux.
Anyone have any opinions when we should stop talking about >256fds, and 32bit device numbers and bite the bullet and add them ?
Alan
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