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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/scsi/st.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/scsi/st.h | 2 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/st.txt b/Documentation/scsi/st.txt index 685bf3582abe..f346abbdd6ff 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/st.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/st.txt @@ -112,10 +112,8 @@ attempted). MINOR NUMBERS -The tape driver currently supports 128 drives by default. This number -can be increased by editing st.h and recompiling the driver if -necessary. The upper limit is 2^17 drives if 4 modes for each drive -are used. +The tape driver currently supports up to 2^17 drives if 4 modes for +each drive are used. The minor numbers consist of the following bit fields: diff --git a/drivers/scsi/st.h b/drivers/scsi/st.h index b7a07c7bf4f8..f3eee0f9f40c 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/st.h +++ b/drivers/scsi/st.h @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ struct st_modedef { #define ST_MODE_SHIFT (7 - ST_NBR_MODE_BITS) #define ST_MODE_MASK ((ST_NBR_MODES - 1) << ST_MODE_SHIFT) -#define ST_MAX_TAPES 128 +#define ST_MAX_TAPES (1 << (20 - (ST_NBR_MODE_BITS + 1))) #define ST_MAX_TAPE_ENTRIES (ST_MAX_TAPES << (ST_NBR_MODE_BITS + 1)) /* The status related to each partition */ |