Re: possible SCSI device numbering solution
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@freya.yggdrasil.com)
26 Jun 1996 08:20:52 GMT
Followup to: <199606252322.TAA28726@snowdon.ccs.neu.edu>
By author: Albert Cahalan <albert@ccs.neu.edu>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
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> Break up device numbers on nibble boundries for readability.
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> controller:4
> bus:4
> device:8
> lun:8
> partition:4
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> Hmmm, that is only 28 bits. Did I miss something? If SCSI, IDE,
> and all the weird stuff gets unified naming, then 36 bits are left
> over! Even with 8-bit partition numbers, 32 bits is enough.
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Major number maybe?! [And no, we are *NOT* getting rid of the major nu=
mber.]
-hpa
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