> They will need to have unique identifiers. If this is a new SCSI
> thing, the SCSI sub-system may not know about them yet. So code will
> need to be added to obtain this information. Once that code is ready,
> I can create a /dev/scsi/identifiers/ directory (or whatever) which
> has symlinks to the device directories.
Right. Good enough.
> The plan I outlined (see the archives), is specifically for
> filesystems which have UUIDs or labels. We want that scheme anyway,
> because things have to work for IDE and USB discs as well. And we
> really want human-friendly names (i.e. labels).
Oh, I really agree. We, or at least I, misunderstood you.
> I see no reason we can't have /dev/scsi/identifiers/ as well.
Thanks, yes.
-matt
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