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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 16:23:23 +0000
Subject: Re: [Pcihpd-discuss] [PATCH 5/6]: hotplug/ia64: SN Hotplug Driver - SN Hotplug Driver code
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On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 09:57:13AM -0400, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> On Altix, since the system can be cabled in a number of ways a pointer to 
> the rack ID is definately useful and helps to uniquely identify the slot.  
> I'm going to use a 2 digit rack id, followed by the DDDD:BB:SS value.

Again, what's wrong with the sysfs file for the rack id?  Don't clutter
up the slot name if you don't have to.  

DDDD:BB:SS should be unique on it's own, right?

thanks,

greg k-h