Subject: Re: 32 bit dev_t, Revision 2
To: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@pa.dec.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/12/1998 13:39:09
On Jan 11, Chris G. Demetriou wrote
> This is fine by me.  If people want more major bits, that'd be fine by
> me, too, but most of the systems I use use 12/20.
> 
> I like 20; i can easily imagine using 20 minor bits.
> 
> 8 bits to select a SCSI bus, 4 to select a target, 3 to select at LUN,
> 5 to select a parptition.  8-)
> 
> 

Is 16 targets/bus enougth for future SCSI and SCSI-like standarts ?

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