devfs

Slyglif Cain (slyglif@magerealm.com)
Sat, 8 Aug 1998 12:50:51 -0700

> From: hpa@transmeta.com (H. Peter Anvin)
> Date: 8 Aug 1998 03:51:31 GMT
> Subject: Re: devfs
>
> Probably something like:
>
> uuid:"blah" /mnt/mydisk ...etc...
>
> Yes, support needs to be added for it, but it is the right way to
> solve this problem; *most* reconfigurations of systems large enough
> for this to be an issue at all involve controller, bus, and/or ID
> changes, which means that volume labels and uuids are what matters,
> not "location".

What would the effect of this be for changing/adding disks on a
metadevice? In my experience, systems large enough for it to be an
issue have a disk in the RAID fail more often then a controller, or
you need to add more capacity to the system. Using uuid's wouldn't
help at all, since they are based on the partitions, not on the disk
itself.

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