From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932285AbVHYQXd (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:23:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932292AbVHYQXd (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:23:33 -0400 Received: from e32.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.130]:13968 "EHLO e32.co.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932285AbVHYQXc (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:23:32 -0400 Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 11:21:18 -0500 To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: Paul Mackerras , John Rose , akpm@osdl.org, Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc64-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-pci@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz Subject: Re: [patch 8/8] PCI Error Recovery: PPC64 core recovery routines Message-ID: <20050825162118.GH25174@austin.ibm.com> References: <20050823231817.829359000@bilge> <20050823232143.003048000@bilge> <20050823234747.GI18113@austin.ibm.com> <1124898331.24668.33.camel@sinatra.austin.ibm.com> <20050824162959.GC25174@austin.ibm.com> <17165.3205.505386.187453@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> <1124930943.5159.168.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1124930943.5159.168.camel@gaston> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i From: Linas Vepstas Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 10:49:03AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt was heard to remark: > > Of course, we'll possibly end up with a different ethX or whatever, but Yep, but that's not an issue, since all the various device-naming schemes are supposed to be fixing this. Its a distinct problem; it needs to be solved even across cold-boots. (Didn't I ever tell you about the day I added a new disk controller to my system, and /dev/hda became /dev/hde and thus /home was mounted on /usr and /var as /etc and all hell broke loose? Owww, device naming is a serious issue for home users and even more so for enterprise-class users). --linas