Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.23] ibmebus: Prevent bus_id collisions | | From | Joachim Fenkes <> | | Date | Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:57:28 +0200 |
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linas@austin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas) wrote on 30.08.2007 23:28:16:
> 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. > > [...] > Location codes are nice.
I sure agree with you. Still, they're not unique, so we can't use them as bus_id. That's why we're having this discussion at all.
What I meant was "I like using the full_name over using the device address / DRC index / you-name-it only". Location code is right out.
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