From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Douglas Gilbert Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 17:05:40 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] /dev/disk/by-id incomplete and unhelpful for SATA drives Message-Id: <440DBD64.2080601@torque.net> List-Id: References: <20051221185518.GA9100@vrfy.org> <43A9CFE0.2070103@edesix.com> <20051222043527.GA13175@vrfy.org> <43AA8D0B.10504@edesix.com> <20051222183525.GA17871@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <43AB40E2.1050009@edesix.com> <20060106013640.GA27841@aracnet.com> <43BDDCAE.7000506@torque.net> <43BE6506.7090901@torque.net> <440C96B0.7040404@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <440C96B0.7040404@pobox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="macroman" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 To: Jeff Garzik Cc: patman@aracnet.com, Chris Paulson-Ellis , Bill Nottingham , linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org SmVmZiBHYXJ6aWsgd3JvdGU6Cj4gRG91Z2xhcyBHaWxiZXJ0IHdyb3RlOgo+IAo+PiBDaGFuZ2Vs 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