Re: devfs patch v3

Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU)
Sun, 11 Jan 1998 20:00:45 +1100

Patrick Audley writes:
> Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU> writes:
>
> >
> > sd_hHcCiIlL
> >
> > where <H> is the host controller number, <C> is the channel number,
> > <I> is the SCSI disc ID, <L> is the LUN.
> > For a single partition it looks like this:
> >
>
> I'm _so_ happy to hear this! I love the absolute device ids
> for SCSI on my Solaris boxes because if a disk in a raid fails, on
> reboot the devices don't get renumbered like they do until linux.

I agree. The current system of auto-renumbering of SCSI discs is an
administrative nightmare.

> My $0.02: I think devfs is a great addition to linux, great work!

Thank you. I just hope Linus likes it.

Regards,

Richard....