Subject: Re: why does esp attach only 8 targets?
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
List: port-sparc
Date: 09/17/2002 01:57:13
>> I thought "wide" would mean 16 targets
> Primarily it means wider data bus, it could be up to 32 bits (by
> standard, 16 for fas) instead of 8 bit.  I don't know when and what
> scsi interface declared number of targets.

Look at how target selection works - you can have one target per data
line, except that one is reserved for the host.  Old narrow SCSI (8
data lines) can have up to 8 IDs (seven devices plus the host); wide
(16 data lines) can have up to 16, etc.

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