Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 09:10:43 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: more than 32 disks? Message-ID: <199701031410.JAA24455@hda.hda.com> In-Reply-To: <199701031302.HAA07824@bonkers.taronga.com> from Peter da Silva at "Jan 3, 97 07:02:49 am"
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Peter da Silva wrote in response to the 32 unit limit on SCSI disks:: > Use a wider minor number, a wider portion of the minor number for unit, > decrease the number of bits used for things other than unit, use multiple > major numbers, or use another encoding than major/minor numbers for device > files (via devfs). A related question: are there issues (regarding booting, etc) with removing all partition/slice/ file system code from the different device drivers and having a single "dk" device that gets wired to the other block devices? Essentially have the base device be a trusting client of a dk device that handles all that stuff. -- Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) Realtime Machine Control and Simulation HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936
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