From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Olaf Hering Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 13:08:17 +0000 Subject: Re: Does sysfs really provides persistent hardware path to devices? Message-Id: <20040119130817.GA27953@suse.de> List-Id: References: <200308311453.00122.arvidjaar@mail.ru> <20030924211823.GA11234@kroah.com> <200401172334.13561.arvidjaar@mail.ru> In-Reply-To: <200401172334.13561.arvidjaar@mail.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="macroman" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 To: Andrey Borzenkov Cc: Greg KH , jw schultz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net IE9uIFNhdCwgSmFuIDE3LCBBbmRyZXkgQm9yemVua292IHdyb3RlOgoKPiA+ID4gV2VsbCwgd2Ug ZGlkIG5vdCBtb3ZlIGEgdGlueSBiaXQgc2luY2UgdGhlIGJlZ2lubmluZyBvZiB0aGlzIHRocmVh ZCA6KQo+ID4gPiBZb3Ugc3RpbGwgZGlkIG5vdCBzaG93IG1lIG5hbWVkZXYgY29uZmlndXJhdGlv biB0aGF0IGltcGxlbWVudHMKPiA+ID4gcGVyc2lzdGVudCBuYW1lIGZvciBhIGRldmljZSBiYXNl ZCBvbiBpdHMgcGh5c2ljYWwgbG9jYXRpb24gOikpKQo+ID4KPiA+IE9rLCBkbyB5b3UgaGF2ZSBh bnkgb3RoZXIgaWRlYXMgb2YgaG93IHRvIGRvIHRoaXM/Cj4gPgo+IAo+IGdpdmVuIGN1cnJlbnQg c3lzZnMgaW1wbGVtZW50YXRpb24gLSB1c2luZyB3aWxkY2FyZHMgcmVtYWlucyB0aGUgb25seSAK PiBzb2x1dGlvbi4gSSBmb3Igbm93IGFtIHVzaW5nIHRoaXMgdHJpdmlhbCBzY3JpcHQ6Cj4gCj4g cHRzLzB9JSBjYXQgL2V0Yy91ZGV2L3NjcmlwdHMvcmVtb3ZhYmxlcwo+ICMhL3Vzci9iaW4vcGVy bAo+IAo+IG15ICRkZXZwYXRoLCAkYmFzZTsKPiAKPiAkYmFzZSA9ICQxIGlmICgkQVJHVlswXSA9 fiAvKC4qXEQpXGQqJC8pOwo+ICRkZXZwYXRoID0gcmVhZGxpbmsgIi9zeXMvYmxvY2svJGJhc2Uv ZGV2aWNlIjsKPiAKPiBpZiAoJGRldnBhdGggPX4gCj4gbXwvZGV2aWNlcy9wY2kwMDAwOjAwLzAw MDA6MDA6MWYuNC91c2IyLzItMi8yLTIuNC8yLTIuNDoxLjAvaG9zdFxkKy9cZCs6MDowOjB8KSAK PiB7Cj4gICAgICAgICBwcmludCAiZmxhc2gwIjsKPiB9IGVsc2lmICgkZGV2cGF0aCA9fiAKPiBt fC9kZXZpY2VzL3BjaTAwMDA6MDAvMDAwMDowMDoxZi40L3VzYjIvMi0yLzItMi4xLzItMi4xOjEu MC9ob3N0XGQrL1xkKzowOjA6MHwpIAo+IHsKPiAgICAgICAgIHByaW50ICJmbGFzaDEiOwo+IH0g ZWxzaWYgKCRkZXZwYXRoID1+IG18L2RldmljZXMvbGVnYWN5L2hvc3RcZCsvXGQrOjA6NDowfCkg ewo+ICAgICAgICAgcHJpbnQgImpheiI7Cj4gfSBlbHNlIHsKPiAgICAgICAgIGV4aXQoMSk7Cj4g fQoKSSdtIG5vdCBzdXJlIHdoYXQgeW91IGFyZSB0cnlpbmcgdG8gZG8uIFdvcmtpbmcgd2l0aCB0 aGUgJ3BoeXNpY2FsCmxvY2F0aW9uJyBvZiByZW1vdmVhYmxlIGRldmljZXMgd2lsbCBwcm9iYWJs eSBmYWlsLiBUaGUgdXNiLXN0b3JhZ2UKZGV2aWNlcyBoZXJlIGhhdmUgYSBzZXJpYWwgZmllbGQs IEkgcmVhbGx5IGhvcGUgaXQgaXMgdW5pcXVlLCB1c2UgaXQuCgotLSAKVVNCIGlzIGZvciBtaWNl LCBGaXJlV2lyZSBpcyBmb3IgbWVuIQoKc1VzZSBsSU5VWCBhZywgbsOcUk5CRVJHCgoKLS0tLS0t LS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLQpUaGUgU0Yu TmV0IGVtYWlsIGlzIHNwb25zb3JlZCBieSBFY2xpcHNlQ29uIDIwMDQKUHJlbWllcmUgQ29uZmVy ZW5jZSBvbiBPcGVuIFRvb2xzIERldmVsb3BtZW50IGFuZCBJbnRlZ3JhdGlvbgpTZWUgdGhlIGJy ZWFkdGggb2YgRWNsaXBzZSBhY3Rpdml0eS4gRmVicnVhcnkgMy01IGluIEFuYWhlaW0sIENBLgpo dHRwOi8vd3d3LmVjbGlwc2Vjb24ub3JnL29zZG4KX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19f X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KTGludXgtaG90cGx1Zy1kZXZlbCBtYWlsaW5nIGxpc3QgIGh0 dHA6Ly9saW51eC1ob3RwbHVnLnNvdXJjZWZvcmdlLm5ldApMaW51eC1ob3RwbHVnLWRldmVsQGxp c3RzLnNvdXJjZWZvcmdlLm5ldApodHRwczovL2xpc3RzLnNvdXJjZWZvcmdlLm5ldC9saXN0cy9s aXN0aW5mby9saW51eC1ob3RwbHVnLWRldmVs