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From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>
To: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
Cc: Bernd Schubert <bernd-schubert@web.de>,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>,
	nfs@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: fsid syntax
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 22:19:38 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020807221938.A26110@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <15697.33669.398331.848444@notabene.cse.unsw.edu.au>; from neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au on Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 06:31:01AM +1000

On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 06:31:01AM +1000, Neil Brown wrote:
> (*)  I really don't think that basing the fsid on the device number is
> at all sensible.  Afterall, that is what we are trying to avoid.
> Just pick a number, any number.
> 1 for the first filesystem, 2 for the second.
> Your age for the filesystem storing you home directory.
> 42 for the filesystem storing the Great Question of Life, The
> Universe, and Everything.

It would make sense for filesystems that have a GUID, like ext2/3, 
for it to be used as the fsid.  Just a thought.

		-ben


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  reply	other threads:[~2002-08-08  2:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-08-07 15:11 fsid syntax Bernd Schubert
2002-08-07 15:26 ` Trond Myklebust
2002-08-07 16:30   ` Bernd Schubert
2002-08-07 17:04     ` Bogdan Costescu
2002-08-07 20:31     ` Neil Brown
2002-08-08  2:19       ` Benjamin LaHaise [this message]
2002-08-08  2:44         ` Neil Brown
2002-08-08 12:44       ` Bernd Schubert
2002-08-08 22:15       ` Frank van Maarseveen
2002-08-07 17:37   ` Bernd Schubert
2002-08-07 17:45     ` Bernd Schubert

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