Re: [PATCH] 2.5.18 IDE 73

[Martin Dalecki <dalecki@evision-ventures.com>]

Alan Cox wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-05-30 at 14:54, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> 
>>I don't use and don't care about devfs - it's a misconception in my opinnion.
> 
> 
> Yes but there are lots of other opinions. And it was just one of several
> examples of why you were proposing something utterly bogus
> 
> 
> 
>>And last but not least: some devices which should be viewd as "same type"
>>are hooked up to different major numbers instead of sharing them.
>>Most prominent here are the differences between SCSI disks and ATA disks
>>for example. From a technical point of view they don't make *any* sense.
> 
> 
> Linus has explicitly stated he wants to do this and make all disks
> appear the same and the same place. It actually makes lots of sense. 

LAST WARNING:

Every body out there: watch out to use LABEL= in /etc/fstab or you will
not be able to reboot between 2.4 and 2.5 soon!

Things which have to be done in front:

1. Extract device registration from SCSI code.

2. Let the ATA/ATAPI code hook up on it. (ide-cs is the most difficult one.)

3. Let the old ATA/ATAPI major go down the bin...