Subject: Re: cciss update for 2.4.23-pre2
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
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To: mike.miller@hp.com
Cc: axboe@suse.de, marcelo@conectiva.com.br, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 09:23:11 +0200
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On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 00:43, mike.miller@hp.com wrote:
> This patch was built & tested using 2.4.22 with the 2.4.23-pre2 prepatch =
applied. It is intended for inclusion in the 2.4.23 kernel.
> This patch adds support for more than 8 controllers. It does this by pass=
ing 0 as a major number and allows the OS to assign a dynamically allocated=
 major number when there are more than 8 cciss controllers in a system.
> It's primary purpose is to help support the SA6400 and SA6400 EM. When th=
ese 2 cards are used they are 2 separate controllers in a single PCI/PCI-X =
slot.

how about just getting more official majors instead ?

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