* SCSI partitions @ 2001-01-16 19:10 ed 2001-01-16 19:33 ` Brian Gerst 2001-01-16 22:39 ` David Lang 0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: ed @ 2001-01-16 19:10 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-kernel Does anyone remember the reason why SCSI drives were limited to 15 partitions? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: SCSI partitions 2001-01-16 19:10 SCSI partitions ed @ 2001-01-16 19:33 ` Brian Gerst 2001-01-16 22:39 ` David Lang 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Brian Gerst @ 2001-01-16 19:33 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ed; +Cc: linux-kernel ed@alcpress.com wrote: > > Does anyone remember the reason why SCSI drives were limited to > 15 partitions? Because of the limitations of having 8-bit major/minor device numbers. -- Brian Gerst - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: SCSI partitions 2001-01-16 19:10 SCSI partitions ed 2001-01-16 19:33 ` Brian Gerst @ 2001-01-16 22:39 ` David Lang 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: David Lang @ 2001-01-16 22:39 UTC (permalink / raw) To: ed; +Cc: linux-kernel in part it is due to the major/minor split which only gives 4 bits for the partition number. if you use devfs or LVM this limit is removed. David Lang On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 ed@alcpress.com wrote: > Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:10:41 -0800 > From: ed@alcpress.com > To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: SCSI partitions > > Does anyone remember the reason why SCSI drives were limited to > 15 partitions? > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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