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Re: Generic Scsi Driver Bug Report and comments.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Youngdale)
Thu Aug 10 05:35:37 1995
From: "Eric Youngdale" <eric@aib.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 17:19:56 -0400
In-Reply-To: Michael Schwingen <m.schwingen@stochastik.rwth-aachen.de>
"Re: Generic Scsi Driver Bug Report and comments." (Aug 9, 10:37pm)
To: Michael Schwingen <m.schwingen@stochastik.rwth-aachen.de>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
On Aug 9, 10:37pm, Michael Schwingen wrote:
> Subject: Re: Generic Scsi Driver Bug Report and comments.
> How about a (compile-time) configurable static mapping? IMHO the most
important
> thing is that the mapping stays the same when plugging cards/drives. If I
can
> configure which adapter/... uses which IDs during compile, then that is
fine,
> and 32 bits (maybe even 16) should be enough.
>
> We don't need bits for every eventuality *at once* because noone will need
that
> number of host adapters, targets etc. in one single system.
>
> We could even map those adapters/devices that are not configured
static
> dynamically, so you can have a mix of both if you need that.
>
> Is this possible/useful?
If you ever needed to change configuration/mapping, you would have
to
rebuild the scsi entries in /dev. I guess my reaction to this is that it
would require a lot of configuration to make it all idiot-proof.
-Eric
--
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep,
And lines to code before I sleep, And lines to code before I sleep."
