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From: Mark Bellon <mbellon@mvista.com>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: ANNOUNCE: User-space System Device Enumation (uSDE)
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 13:41:20 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F9D82F0.4000307@mvista.com> (raw)

Initial availability of User-Space System Device Enumeration (uSDE) 
package, version 0.74, can be found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/usde

The uSDE provides an open framework for the enumeration (specification) 
of system devices in a dynamic environment. Device handling is 
implemented via plug-in programs known as policy methods. Policy methods 
are free to handle their devices in any way, from trivial to complex - 
anything from providing LSB device nodes to persistent device name 
handling with
replacement and relocation strategies.

The uSDE depends on /sbin/hotplug (for dynamic insertions and removals), 
sysfs (for device information) and /proc (various pieces of 
information). It is not dependent on initrd - it explicitly scans sysfs 
upon system startup to determine the initial device ensemble.

Part of the uSDE release is a collection of sample polices:

disk-ide-policy - handles IDE, EIDE, SATA and USB-EIDE disks. Implements 
persistent device naming, automatic device replacement and automatic 
device relocation features.

disk-scsi-policy - handles SCSI, IEEE-1394, FibreChannel and USB-SCSI 
disks including multiported devices. Iplements persistent device naming, 
automatic device replacement and automatic device relocation features.

multipath-policy - handles the automatic provisioning of multipathing 
for multiported storage devices.

ethernet-policy - handles ethernet interefaces. Implements persistent 
interface naming, interface anchoring, automatic device replacement and 
automatic device relocation features.

floppy-policy - handles internal floppy disks.

simple-device-policy - a "catch all" policy for block and character devices.

devfs-policy - provides devfs device names.

lsb-policy - provides LSB device names.


Location:       http://sourceforge.net/projects/usde
Mailing list:   usde-general@lists.sourceforge.net

mark



             reply	other threads:[~2003-10-27 20:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-10-27 20:41 Mark Bellon [this message]
2003-10-27 21:00 ` ANNOUNCE: User-space System Device Enumation (uSDE) Lars Marowsky-Bree
2003-10-27 21:14   ` Mark Bellon
2003-10-28 11:00     ` Lars Marowsky-Bree
2003-10-28 18:12       ` Steven Dake
2003-10-28 22:44         ` Greg KH
2003-10-27 23:15   ` Steven Dake
2003-10-27 23:19     ` Mark Bellon
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-10-29  5:12 Guo, Min
2003-10-29 16:10 ` Steven Dake
2003-10-29 19:04 ` Greg KH
2003-10-31  0:45 David Dodge
2003-10-31  0:58 ` Greg KH
2003-10-31  2:29   ` Dave Dodge

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