Method and arrangement for communicating with SCSI devices
US6934711B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 1, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 31, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99931
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and arrangement, for use in a system having a host and one or more small computer system interface (SCSI) devices, are described for enabling a user application accessing the system to communicate with one or more of the SCSI devices. The method and arrangement serve to overcome a device node limitation observed in standard Linux, which limits the number of devices a user application may communicate with to 128 SCSI disk (sd) devices or 256 SCSI generic (sg) devices. The method and arrangement provide a pass through capability by allowing the user application to directly talk to any SCSI device by using virtual handles, thereby overcoming the device node limitation observed in standard Linux.
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