Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 30 May 2002 16:20:37 +0200 | From | Martin Dalecki <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.5.18 IDE 73 |
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Alan Cox wrote: > On Thu, 2002-05-30 at 14:54, Martin Dalecki wrote: > >>I don't use and don't care about devfs - it's a misconception in my opinnion. > > > Yes but there are lots of other opinions. And it was just one of several > examples of why you were proposing something utterly bogus > > > >>And last but not least: some devices which should be viewd as "same type" >>are hooked up to different major numbers instead of sharing them. >>Most prominent here are the differences between SCSI disks and ATA disks >>for example. From a technical point of view they don't make *any* sense. > > > Linus has explicitly stated he wants to do this and make all disks > appear the same and the same place. It actually makes lots of sense.
LAST WARNING:
Every body out there: watch out to use LABEL= in /etc/fstab or you will not be able to reboot between 2.4 and 2.5 soon!
Things which have to be done in front:
1. Extract device registration from SCSI code.
2. Let the ATA/ATAPI code hook up on it. (ide-cs is the most difficult one.)
3. Let the old ATA/ATAPI major go down the bin...
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