FC6 - Limit to SCSI IDs?

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

John Penk wrote:
>  Hello -
> 
> I'm working with Fedora Core 6.  Is it possible to run out of SCSI IDs?
>  By this I mean, when I plug in a USB device, it gets recognized as a
> SCSI device and gets a file in /proc/scsi/usb-storage.  The filename is
> the SCSI ID associated with that device.  I also see that same ID when
> looking at /proc/scsi/scsi. 
> 
> I'm going to be plugging in hundreds/thousands of usb devices without
> rebooting my system and I'm wondering if I'll get to a point where the
> SCSI ID can't be incremented anymore.
> 
> Thanks!
> JP
> 
I think you will find that your USB devices will be re-using the
SCSI ids. Now, if you tried to plug in a hundred at one time, you
would probably run into problems. But that would be more from the
limits of USB.

Mikkel
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