>> At the very least though, I think the kernel should allocate minor
>> scsi device numbers based on controller number and id. This way the
>> things will change in a predictable manner(Though I guess numbering
>> sequentially based on existing devices is predicatable as well, just
>> not convenient.)
>>
>> This would be very useful in conjunction with a cxtxsxdx naming
> ^^^^^^^^ -YUCK- !
>
> I beg of you, -all- of you. please do -NOT- implement this
> naming scheme it just plain isn't easily readable.
It depends on what you're looking for. If you're looking for
a naming scheme that tells you what the device is, it's
hard to get better than a [C]ontroller[D]evice[L]un[P]artition
system, unless you want to be verbose:
/dev/scsi/controller0/disk1/lun0/partition2
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