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Date:      Mon, 6 Jan 1997 14:54:12 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu (Charles Henrich)
Cc:        dg@root.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: more than 32 disks?
Message-ID:  <199701062154.OAA12695@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <199701030439.XAA21021@crh.cl.msu.edu> from "Charles Henrich" at Jan 2, 97 11:39:32 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?

DEVFS.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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