* Carlos E. R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [08-24-07 14:20]: > Well, they can assign developers to scsi and develop patches that add > support for more than 16 partitions to scsi modules. If technically > possible, of course (I don't know what is the origin of that limit). > Or invent something different than scsi for both scsi and ata.
iirc, original scsi design had 8 channels and a later extended version had 16, but you were only able to utilize 7/15 of those as the scsi system needed the 0 channel for itself. BUT, I *am* approaching the age where facts may not necessarily be facts anymore :^) -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
