Re: devfs - the missing link

From: jmcmullan@linuxcare.com
Date: Mon May 22 2000 - 13:07:04 EST

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Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
>> This is a nice ideal, but until all devices have unique ids
>> (like ethernet's MAC addresses, or Fibre Channel's WWNs) it's

> MAC addresses are not card unique.

Well.. they used to be... ;^) So that leaves us
with Fibre Channel WWNs... Any other device types out
there that expose a unique ID?

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