Re: [PATCH] /proc/scsi/map

Patrick Mochel (mochel@osdl.org)
Tue, 25 Jun 2002 09:46:23 -0700 (PDT)


> This reiterates the need for a sound logical device naming scheme that
> fits into driverfs without mucking up the basic structure. Not being a
> expert on naming, the least offensive format I can think with regard to
> iSCSI would be something along the lines of:

The device model will not give devices default names. It will pass the
responsibility to userspace, along with the path to the device via
/sbin/hotplug. From the patch, the userspace agent can derive various
things from the device's directory, including the device type and the UUID
of the device. From this, userspace can look up what to name the device.

-pat

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