Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Oct 2003 09:16:34 +0100 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.0t7: /proc/partitions names not devfs like... |
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On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 06:03:16PM +0200, Ludovic Drolez wrote: > Hi ! > > I'm using devfs on a small 2.6.0t7 kernel and I have software which relies on > the exactitude of /proc/partitions. > The problem is that in /proc/partition I have something like > > 3 0 19925880 hda > 3 1 19920568 hda1 > > where a 2.4.x kernel gave me: > > 3 0 19925880 ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc > 3 1 19920568 ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 > > I've enabled the following options: > > CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y > CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT=y > > Any idea, why this has changed ?
Yes, the 2.4 devfs behaviour was buggy - it was different from the non-devfs output. Note that you can't rely on the names in /proc/partitions anyway as the system administrator is free to name the block devices however he wants.
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