From: David Santinoli <u235@libero.it>
To: James Bottomley <J.E.J.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Partition renumbering under 2.4.0
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 12:38:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010119123847.D943@aidi.santinoli.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200101171556.KAA01055@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <200101171556.KAA01055@localhost.localdomain>; from J.E.J.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com on Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 10:56:14AM -0500
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 10:56:14AM -0500, James Bottomley wrote:
> Under 2.4, if you use devfs, the solaris (and other) slice recognition code
> could be enhanced to give the correct names to all the slices. This would
> turn out to be something like /dev/ide/hdb2s7 (or something even worse---I'm
> afraid I only really know the naming scheme for SCSI devices) but at least you
> can find the exact slice you're looking for in an easy and intuitive way.
>
> So, would you prefer the quick fix, or the more durable solution (which would
> require you to change your fstab)?
Personally I'd be happy with the quick hack, but the slice-enhanced naming
scheme possible with devfs looks like the way to go.
Besides, I think that documenting this issue in the "Changes" file would help
somehow.
Thanks,
David
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