Re: adding scsi devices
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 19 Dec 1996 18:22:04 +0000 (GMT)
> 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