From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261485AbTDKTRo (for ); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 15:17:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261542AbTDKTRo (for ); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 15:17:44 -0400 Received: from inet-mail3.oracle.com ([148.87.2.203]:41171 "EHLO inet-mail3.oracle.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261485AbTDKTRn (for ); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 15:17:43 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 12:28:27 -0700 From: Joel Becker To: "Kevin P. Fleming" Cc: linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, message-bus-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] udev 0.1 release Message-ID: <20030411192827.GC31739@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> References: <20030411172011.GA1821@kroah.com> <200304111746.h3BHk9hd001736@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> <20030411182313.GG25862@wind.cocodriloo.com> <3E970A00.2050204@cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E970A00.2050204@cox.net> X-Burt-Line: Trees are cool. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 11:31:28AM -0700, Kevin P. Fleming wrote: > - if any partitions are found, they are registered with the kernel using > device-mapper ioctls > - because these new "mapped sections" of the drive are _also_ usable block > devices in their own right, they generate hotplug events In reality, we need /dev/disk0 for disks, and /dev/part0 for partitions, and /dev/lv0 for logical volumes from the LVM. There's going to be a war over this naming, and that's why this is hard. Joel -- "And yet I fight, And yet I fight this battle all alone. No one to cry to; No place to call home." Joel Becker Senior Member of Technical Staff Oracle Corporation E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com Phone: (650) 506-8127