Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jun 1999 15:30:09 -0500 (CDT) | From | Daniel Taylor <> | Subject | Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers) |
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On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Paul Jakma wrote: > > > > Now what do you about dynamic devices handled by the same driver: eg > > hot-plug buses like usb, firewire?? Do you propose that the complete > > driver module should have to be loaded/unloaded every time the user > > (un)plugs a device onto/off the bus? > > Absolutely. PCMCIA has done that for years. > > > If that's how you want to do things, then i can see why you think > > dynamic devices are bad, or at the very least ugly. > > "dynamic devices" means something different in the Linux universe than > "hotpluggable devices." "dynamic devices" are those whose device > numbers move around. > Oh, like sd*? I install a new SCSI disk and the rest move? That is a bug, yes BUG, with the system you are defending. Naming consistency is one of the arguments FOR devfs.
Daniel Taylor
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