I see no reason to limit the SCSI disk namespace to sdXXX. We test
systems with more than 18278 LUNs.
Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <JBottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 953773c..741c7f7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -2592,12 +2592,6 @@ static int sd_probe(struct device *dev)
if (error)
goto out_put;
- if (index >= SD_MAX_DISKS) {
- error = -ENODEV;
- sdev_printk(KERN_WARNING, sdp, "SCSI disk (sd) name space exhausted.\n");
- goto out_free_index;
- }
-
error = sd_format_disk_name("sd", index, gd->disk_name, DISK_NAME_LEN);
if (error)
goto out_free_index;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.h b/drivers/scsi/sd.h
index 6ad798b..4163f29 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.h
@@ -9,12 +9,6 @@
#define SD_MAJORS 16
/*
- * This is limited by the naming scheme enforced in sd_probe,
- * add another character to it if you really need more disks.
- */
-#define SD_MAX_DISKS (((26 * 26) + 26 + 1) * 26)
-
-/*
* Time out in seconds for disks and Magneto-opticals (which are slower).
*/
#define SD_TIMEOUT (30 * HZ)
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