Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 11 Jan 1998 20:00:45 +1100 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: devfs patch v3 |
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Patrick Audley writes: > Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU> writes: > > > > > sd_hHcCiIlL > > > > where <H> is the host controller number, <C> is the channel number, > > <I> is the SCSI disc ID, <L> is the LUN. > > For a single partition it looks like this: > > > > I'm _so_ happy to hear this! I love the absolute device ids > for SCSI on my Solaris boxes because if a disk in a raid fails, on > reboot the devices don't get renumbered like they do until linux.
I agree. The current system of auto-renumbering of SCSI discs is an administrative nightmare.
> My $0.02: I think devfs is a great addition to linux, great work!
Thank you. I just hope Linus likes it.
Regards,
Richard....
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