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From: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu>
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Subject: Re: more than 32 disks?
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Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 23:39:32 -0500 (EST)
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In-Reply-To: <199701030329.TAA18783@root.com> from David Greenman at "Jan 2, 97 07:29:46 pm"
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> with an sd3<n> problem yet. :-) It looks like there are only 5 bits for the
> unit number. This means that one will have to make driver changes to go
> beyond 32 units. :-(

*sigh*  I absolutely hate fixed fields :(  *grumble*.  So whats the generic
solution besides encoding data into the minor number?  Encode a table offset
into the minor number and make the table dynamic?

-Crh

       Charles Henrich     Michigan State University     henrich@msu.edu

                         http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich