> I'd like to see a new harddisk device naming scheme which allowes me
> to disconnect one of my SCSI harddisks without having to rename _all_
> my mounts on disks behind this one just because Linux has a
> br********ed way to dynamically allocate device nodes to harddrives.
>
> What is wrong with
>
> /dev/sdaa0 for first primary partition on SCSI ID 0 on the first controller
> /dev/sdbc5 for the first secondary partition on ID 3 on the 2nd controller
Yes, or something along the lines of the SysVr4 disk naming
convention of c0t0d0s0, where c0 is the controller, t0 is something I
cant remember off hand, d0 is the disk number on the controller (the
SCSI ID), and s0 is the slice number (partition). We might need to
add onto that a bus number for those machines with multiple SCSI
and/or EISA busses.
> We could even make this in a compatible and decent way: Just keep the
> old sd<x> stuff and create them dynamic at boot time as links onto the
> device nodes for the drives (/dev/sdaa0 - /dev/sdhh7 for seven SCSI
> controllers e.g.).
That sounds a reasonable idea, should make the changes from the
existing default minimal, and allow the system to grow (it should
also include CDROMs and tape drives too).
> I'd really like to see this. :-)
I hate 'me too' postings, but me too
Graham
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The world isnt run by weapons any more, or energy or money
Its run by little 1s and 0s, little bits of data
Its all just electrons
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