Re: Linux limitation of amount of SCSI buses

Rabeeh Khoury
2003-07-29T17:35:07Z

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>>I'm connecting few cards with 24 buses and Linux gives me only 15 buses.
>>Is there any limitation in Linux SCSI subsystem within kernel 2.4.x of
>>the number of SCSI buses ?
>>Each bus has a single target and a single LUN.
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>Does each card have multiple channels (i.e., 24)? If so you may need to
>set max_channel to a higher value.
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Each card has 8 buses ; total 3 cards. On each bus I have a single
target that has single LUN.
If I work with a single adapter I can see 8 buses.

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>If each card has a single bus there may be a instance limit that the
>driver you are using will support.
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>What driver are you using?
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Internal driver that is under development.

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>-andmike
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>Michael Anderson
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