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DateSun, 11 Jan 1998 22:04:10 +1100
FromRichard Gooch <>
SubjectRe: devfs
Michael Neuffer writes:
> On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Richard Gooch wrote:
> > > This allows then to stay compatible with their naming sheme but has the 
> > > drawback of dropping support for LUNs. This only works properly for the
> > > special case of the SSAs since you only have disk drives in them.
> > > 
> > > However I do not think that we should make the same mistake as them 
> > > and cut ourselves off from supporting multi LUN devices.
> > 
> > Agreed! Considering this, I'm open to alternative naming schemes, but
> > only if they preserve the information.
> 
> The easiest would be to add a field so that it looks like the following:
> 
> cCbBtTdDsS
> 
> <C> == controller
> <B> == bus/channel on controller
> <T> == target (ID)
> <D> == LUN
> <S> == slice/partition

Well, perhaps. The down side to doing that is I'd have to edit the
code and change all my compatibility symlinks and my
/etc/fstab :-( However if there is a general push to adopting your
modified Solaris scheme, I'll go with that.

				Regards,

					Richard....
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