Messages in this thread | | | Date | 10 Jun 1999 18:42:00 +0200 | From | (Kai Henningsen) | Subject | Re: Migrating to larger numbers |
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sfrost@mail.snowman.net (Stephen Frost) wrote on 09.06.99 in <Pine.LNX.4.05.9906092236260.146-100000@ns.snowman.net>:
> On 9 Jun 1999, Kai Henningsen wrote: > > > > I think perhaps I'm asking the wrong question. The problem I > > > have is the whole /dev/sd?? stuff. devfs allows for /dev/dsk/c0t0... > > > kind of addressing, which to me makes alot more sense and is easier > > > for me to work with. I don't see a way to do this (currently) in > > > user space. > > > > It's still the wrong way. > > > > Most of the time, you don't really want to say "the disk that is target 0 > > on controller 0". > > > > You want to say "the partition that belongs on /usr", or "the new Seagate > > hd". > > Perhaps. I can much more easily equate the two using devfs than > /dev/sd??. At the moment devfs is availible, is there a way to do what you > are suggesting?
Partly. See my other mail to l-k where I describe this.
>For All filesystems, including root?
Root is currently a problem, but only because I don't use an initrd, I think. Boot is another, and I don't see it there. That's BIOS and MBR stuff.
> And also, what about > all the other devices on a system? This isn't just about filesystems and > scsi disks, though those are some of my major concerns.
There's nothing in the scheme I use that says it can't be expanded to other devices.
MfG Kai
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