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Linux limitation of amount of SCSI buses

DISCUSSION Rabeeh Khoury 2 participants 3 messages Jul 29, 2003 SCSI

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Hi All,

I'm connecting few cards with 24 buses and Linux gives me only 15 buses.
Is there any limitation in Linux SCSI subsystem within kernel 2.4.x of the number of SCSI buses ? Each bus has a single target and a single LUN.

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Rabeeh

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Quoted 6 lines · Rabeeh Khoury [[email protected]] wrote:

Hi All,

I'm connecting few cards with 24 buses and Linux gives me only 15 buses. Is there any limitation in Linux SCSI subsystem within kernel 2.4.x of the number of SCSI buses ?
Each bus has a single target and a single LUN.

Does each card have multiple channels (i.e., 24)? If so you may need to set max_channel to a higher value.

If each card has a single bus there may be a instance limit that the driver you are using will support.

What driver are you using?

-andmike
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I'm connecting few cards with 24 buses and Linux gives me only 15 buses.
Is there any limitation in Linux SCSI subsystem within kernel 2.4.x of the number of SCSI buses ? Each bus has a single target and a single LUN.

Does each card have multiple channels (i.e., 24)? If so you may need to set max_channel to a higher value.

Each card has 8 buses ; total 3 cards. On each bus I have a single target that has single LUN. If I work with a single adapter I can see 8 buses.

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If each card has a single bus there may be a instance limit that the driver you are using will support.

What driver are you using?

Internal driver that is under development.

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-andmike
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Michael Anderson
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