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SubjectRe: [linux-usb-devel] Re: /proc/scsi/map
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Am Sonntag, 16. Juni 2002 19:25 schrieb James Bottomley:
> Since we already have a huge long list of different ways to identify
> different devices, I don't think coding any one or even a set of such
> methods into the kernel would satisfy everyone.
>
> What about a different approach:
>
> We already (nearly) have the scsimon patches to do hot plug events on
> SCSI devices incorporated. Any identification could be done from the
> scsi device hotplug script (i.e. if you see it's USB, get the GID, if
> it's enterprise storage get the WWN, try the filesystem UUID etc). Then
> all the hotplug script does is plug this device into some type of volume
> idenfication scheme like /dev/volume/<name>.

How would you find out what a device is ?
If the kernel has to supply the information anyway, you could
just as well pass all information to the script or devfs.

Regards
Oliver

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