Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:05:12 -0500 (CDT) | From | Daniel Taylor <> | Subject | Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers) |
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On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Paul Jakma wrote:
> > devfs uses the hardware address, which works for me... > > But that means if you change order of how disks plug into a scsi bus, > or you move a disk from one to another bus, names change. That's ok for > you? > > that's not a devfs issue. Linux currently doesn't any mechanism for > attaching labels to volumes, which imo would be the cleanest way. what > devfs (or rather the kernel) can currently provide, physical locations, > is a damm sight better than the old way, order of detection. > Exactly. Why criticize devfs for not solving a problem that the current system CANNOT solve? At least with devfs you have to reach farther to find a problem.
There are problems with the current system that _are_ solved by devfs. I have yet to see or hear of a solution to all of these problems that has _any_ running code attached to it.
Daniel Taylor
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