Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 23 Jun 1996 18:46:31 -0600 (CST) | From | Aaron Ucko <> | Subject | Re: possible SCSI device numbering solution |
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>> I'm not sure how well this would work, but I imagine scsidev and initrd >> could make a really good combination. > >They probably would. However, just solving the SCSI issue doesn't >deal with the overall problem of device number exhaustion. For SCSI >disks, for example, 15 partitions really isn't enough. 256 pty's >isn't really enough. We really do need at least a 32-bit dev_t.
I agree, but scsidev and initrd exist now, and should consequently provide an acceptable method of SCSI drive naming with current kernels.
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