Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Jan 1998 15:27:39 -0500 (EST) | From | "Adam D. Bradley" <> | Subject | Re: devfs |
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> >> This whole debate is just screaming "CONFIG OPTIONS!!!" > >> > >> Solaris SCSI Device Name Compatibility [y/N]: > >> Linux Old-style SCSI Name Compatibility [Y/n]: > >> Custom SCSI Naming [y/N]: > > > > [...] > > > >I think a standard naming scheme like sd_h0c0i0l0p2 will have to be > >enforced (i.e. no config option), and the old scheme available as a > >config option, and that's what I'll support. We need a simple, > >understandable standard that works for everybody. It may not satisfy > >everybody, but it will work. > > Agreed. If we have a single device naming standard, any sysadmin is > guaranteed to have consistent device names across all Linux machines > they may encounter. Multiple naming schemes (and particularly custom > naming at the whim of the kernel compiler) break this in a big way.
In all honesty, I tend to agree with you, but I also know there are cases where there may be legitimate reasons for having alternative naming schemes. I perhaps went a little overboard (or was perhaps being a bit fecetious, you decide ;->) suggesting complete configurability, but having options for Slowlaris compatibility and the likes could be useful. Perhaps, once the underlying architecture stabilizes, a small set of well-defined options (and those not mutually exclusive of each other) is a workable compromise. As long as the existing architecture allows a device to have more than one name, this is easily doable. This could allow, f.e., the choice of whether to use the suggested /dev/disk /dev/tape etc subdirectories or just have everything in a flat /dev, and other such "taste" (read: formerly pure "policy") decisions.
Again, just rambling...
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