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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Ludovic Drolez <ludovic.drolez@linbox.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.0t7: /proc/partitions names not devfs like...
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 09:16:34 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031017091634.B22492@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3F8EC144.7000005@linbox.com>; from ludovic.drolez@linbox.com on Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 06:03:16PM +0200

On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 06:03:16PM +0200, Ludovic Drolez wrote:
> Hi !
> 
> I'm using devfs on a small 2.6.0t7 kernel and I have software which relies on
> the exactitude of /proc/partitions.
> The problem is that in /proc/partition I have something like
> 
>    3     0   19925880 hda
>    3     1   19920568 hda1
> 
> where a 2.4.x kernel gave me:
> 
>    3     0   19925880 ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
>    3     1   19920568 ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1
> 
> I've enabled the following options:
> 
> CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y
> CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT=y
> 
> Any idea, why this has changed ?

Yes, the 2.4 devfs behaviour was buggy - it was different from the
non-devfs output.  Note that you can't rely on the names in /proc/partitions
anyway as the system administrator is free to name the block devices however
he wants.


      reply	other threads:[~2003-10-17  8:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-10-16 16:03 2.6.0t7: /proc/partitions names not devfs like Ludovic Drolez
2003-10-17  8:16 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]

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