From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Subject: Re: What still uses the block layer?
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:44:37 -0400
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Alan Cox wrote:
>> You can pull a Model and Serial number via hdparm -i, but it's not as
>> easy to manipulate as a fixed-length MAC address.  That's why people
>> tend to use filesystem UUID's.   
> 
> ATA8 at the moment looks set to add a true "MAC" or "WWN" type identifier
> to each device.. Right now model/serial is not always unique.

WWN was added in ATA-7, AFAICS.

However, I've seen quite a few ATA-7 devices that do not bother to fill 
it in.  I wonder if ATA-8 device firmwares will act with similar 
slackness.  :)

	Jeff