Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 2 Apr 2012 11:52:59 -0700 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/4] virtio_blk: use disk_name_format() to support mass of disks naming |
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Hello,
On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 10:20:09AM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > Pleae don't rename virtio disks, it is way too late for that: > virtio block driver was merged around 2007, it is not new by > any measure, and there are many systems out there using > the current naming scheme.
There's no point in renaming device nodes of already deployed drivers. It'll cause a lot of pain.
> > And how about the rssd in the patch 3 then? > > Probably same. Renaming existing devices will break setups. > I think the idea is to avoid using the > legacy naming in new drivers *that will be added from now on*.
Yeap.
Thanks.
-- tejun
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