Re: maximum number of raidframe devices

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <03CFB7DB-7AB6-4A90-941D-B31538B3B6FA%nmsu.edu@localhost>,
Brook Milligan  <brook%nmsu.edu@localhost> wrote:
>What limits the maximum number of raid devices that raidframe can configure?
>
>I am trying to set up a system with >8 raid devices.  However, I am
>getting the following:
>
>       # raidctl -C raid8.conf raid8
>       raidctl: Unable to open device file: raid8: Device not configured
>
>The device files for partitions raid8a-raid8p all exist.  For example:
>
>       brw-r-----  1 root  operator  18, 128 Sep 15 15:50 /dev/raid8a
>
>I cannot find anywhere in the code that sets a limit on the number of
>raid devices, but perhaps I am not looking in the right places or for
>the right things.  I would appreciate guidance on this.
>

Well, perhaps you are running an older NetBSD version where the number
of kernel devices were hard-coded in the kernel

change the kernel config line "pseudo-device raid    8" to a larger number.

christos