From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kurt Garloff Subject: Re: Fwd: 32bit dev_t Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 19:31:31 +0100 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20030123183131.GA2126@nbkurt.garloff.de> References: <3E2DC21D.9010204@torque.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL" Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E2DC21D.9010204@torque.net> List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Douglas Gilbert Cc: Linux SCSI list --vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Doug, On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 08:56:45AM +1100, Douglas Gilbert wrote: > This post appeared recently on the linux kernel list. > What is the maximum number of disks that can be attached > in lk 2.5? Is it 256 (double the number of SCSI disk majors) > or larger. I remember Richard Gooch's "sd-many" patch > was rejected for 2.5 because it was said there was a > better mechanism around the corner. I'm also still waiting for the dev_t changes to port my 2.4 patches to support many hard disks (2k) to 2.5. Maybe the port should just be started now? Any taker? (I'm a bit short on time, so it won't happen before mid Feb if I have to do it myself.) Regards, --=20 Kurt Garloff [Eindhoven, NL] Physics: Plasma simulations [TU Eindhoven, NL] Linux: SCSI, Security [SuSE Nuernberg, DE] (See mail header or public key servers for PGP2 and GPG public keys.) --vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+MDUCxmLh6hyYd04RAhpHAKCQc2DEiZxv3sF06nBVDNut9ylYrwCgpKb5 zc56gc9UJ7ILeLzH/N4Mpc0= =q1WP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vtzGhvizbBRQ85DL--