Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 24 Jun 1996 14:02:35 +0100 (BST) | From | Bryn Paul Arnold Jones <> | Subject | Re: possible SCSI device numbering solution |
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On 23 Jun 1996, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > 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. > > -hpa
There is little point going through the disruption that changing it would be, to change it again, so we may as well go to a 64 bit dev_t. One thing tho, would we even need more than 65536 major devices? ie 16 bit major, 48 bit minor (or 281474976710656 minor numbers (2.8*10^14) ;) Bryn > -- > PGP public key available - finger hpa@zytor.com > I don't work for Yggdrasil, but they sponsor the linux.* hierarchy. > "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Bahá'u'lláh > Just Say No to Morden * Save Babylon 5: http://www.babylon5.com/cmp/support/ >
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