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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2.6.23] ibmebus: Prevent bus_id collisions
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On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 04:00:56PM +0200, Joachim Fenkes wrote:
>
> Plus, I rather like using
> the full_name since it also contains a descriptive name as opposed to
> being just nondescript numbers, helping the layman (ie user) to make sense
> out of a dev_id.

Yes, well, but no. The location code is useful as a geographical
location: slots and devices are physically labelled with stickers
so you can tell which is which. Handy when you have to unplug stuff.
By contrast, the device-tree full_name is mostly just gobldy-gook,
with some crazy phb numbering in there that, after four years of
staring at them, I still can't reliably do anything useful with.
Location codes are nice.

--linas
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