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From: rjn@hpfcso.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Limit on number of cs80 devices on one machine?
Message-ID: <7370177@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Date: 21 Jul 90 22:44:38 GMT
References: <1990Jul21.055950.27340@math-cs.kent.edu>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/FSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
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re: > I'm trying to attach more than 8 CS80 devices to one HP9000/350.

> At first I thought the built in HPIB was dead but now I think that there
> must be a limit of 8 devices in the cs80 driver in the kernel.

There is a limit of 8 open CS/80 devices, irrespective of the number of
buses.

There was a version of the code for 6.5 that had a limit if 16, and there
may be one for 7.0.  I'll poke around on monday and see if I can find it.
Since this is unsupported code, we'll need to involve your local HP SE when
we provide it.  Please have that person contact me.

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