Re: [OT] DEVFS, pros, cons, how it makes life better
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
9 Oct 1999 05:51:15 GMT
Followup to: <37FE5A7B.3D44B455@kalifornia.com>
By author: David Ford <david@kalifornia.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
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> > > - gives sensible names to devices (c1t3d0s2 instead of sde)
> > Change MAKEDEV, be my guest.
>
> c1t3d0s2 will always be c1t3d0s2 whereas sde will change depending
> on how many other drives come before it. and UUID is not a workable
> solution for non-RW media.
>
Unless you add another controller (common operation) or rearrange your
SCSI busses (common operation).
-hpa
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