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List:       smartmontools-support
Subject:    Re: [smartmontools-support] smartd with more than 26 SCSI disks
From:       Bruce Allen <ballen () gravity ! phys ! uwm ! edu>
Date:       2008-03-22 2:59:24
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.63.0803212057430.13833 () homer ! phys ! uwm ! edu
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Hi Jim,

>> OK.  At some point we should make the 'glob argument' and the 'max 
>> number of devices' command line arguments.  Out of curiousity, what are 
>> the 40 devices and how are they structured/accesssed?
>
> Looking at the code in get_dev_names, 'max number of devices' seems to 
> be just an artificial limit added for no clear reason.  Is it necessary?

It doesn't look necessary.  It's probably a historical artifact; a few 
years ago smartd used a 'fixed length' device list.  Now the device list 
is dynamical and has no fixed length limits.  So the 'max number of 
devices' only serves as a sanity check.

Cheers,
 	Bruce

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