Re: SCSI device numbering

Johnie Stafford (jms@pobox.com)
Tue, 2 Jul 96 07:25 CDT


>>>>> "am" == Alexandre Maret <amaret@infomaniak.ch> writes:

am> Johnie Stafford wrote:
>>
>> >>>>> "ac" == Albert Cahalan <albert@ccs.neu.edu> writes:
>>
ac> No, it is sufficient for everything, including really weird
ac> SCSI adapters. Using nibble boundries (for nice hex output),
ac> dev_t can be split as follows:
>>
ac> Purpose Bits Normal Extreme
ac> controller 4 <= 1 2
ac> bus 4 == 0 1
ac> device 8 <= 2 4
>>
>> What about wide SCSI? It does 16 devices.

am> sorry... that's 8 bits -> 256 devices. It should be enough for
am> your ultra-giga-wide-SCSI ;-)

Yes, this proves that I shouldn't read mail under the influence of
prescription drugs. :)

Johnie

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