Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 30 Jun 96 21:57 EDT | From | (Eric Youngdale) | Subject | Re: SCSI device numbering (was: Re: Ideas for v2.1 |
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>Anyway, I think we should be ok with a 12+20 bit dev_t, that sounds like >the best solution right now.
OK, but the point was that 20 bits for a minor number is insufficient for a fixed mapping of devices to minor numbers. It would be sufficient if we wanted to continue to use dynamic mapping of minors to devices, of course.
This is why I wanted this issue carefully discussed before we actually do any coding. I know that lots of people don't like dynamic mapping of minors to devices, and I don't yet have a feel as to whether people will accept scsidev as a permenant solution or not.
A 64 bit dev_t presents it's own problems of course, but I just wanted to make sure that we are not forgetting why this discussion got started in the first place.
-Eric
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