Re: lsscsi-0.17 released

[Matthias Andree]

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Douglas Gilbert wrote:

> Matthias Andree wrote:

> > Does this work around new incompatibilities in the kernel
> > or does this fix lsscsi bugs?
> 
> The former. In lk 2.6.16-rc1 the
> /sys/class/scsi_device/<hcil>/device/block symlink
> changed to ".../block:sd<x>" breaking lsscsi 0.16 (and
> earlier) and sg_map26 (in sg3_utils).

Heck, what was the reason for breaking userspace again?

Why would someone even consider using sysfs at all if it changes
incompatibly?

-- 
Matthias Andree
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/