Re: DEVFSv50 and /dev/fb? (or /dev/fb/? ???)

Terry L Ridder (terrylr@tbcnet.com)
Mon, 10 Aug 1998 03:45:16 -0500

Richard Gooch wrote:
>
> Terry L. Ridder writes:
> [...]
> > A fully populated SCSI situation of which you are referring is
> > in my opinion a myth. If you take a moment and consider the numbers
> > you are talking about for both SCSI host adapters, disk drives, tape
> > drives,
> > etc, you will see that that is the case.
> >
> > Using Richard Gooch's own numbers:
> > <Begin Quote>
> > An example of how big /dev can grow is if we consider SCSI devices:
> > host 6 bits (say up to 64 hosts on a really big machine)
> > channel 4 bits (say up to 16 SCSI buses per host)
> > id 4 bits
> > lun 3 bits
> > partition 6 bits
> > TOTAL 23 bits
> > <End Quote>
>
> What you've missed quoting from my FAQ is:
> ===
> This requires 8 Mega (1024*1024) inodes if we want to store all
> possible device nodes.
> ===

Richard, I did not miss your wording one bit and you very well know it.
Shawn Leas continues to make claims that the only way a person can
have the maximum SCSI configuration is by using dev_fs.
He has stated he wanted a "fully" populated SCSI configuration.
That is exactly what I pointed out to him is a myth.

<major snip>

>
> Regards,
>
> Richard....

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Terry L. Ridder
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