Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Patches to allow consistent mmc / mmcblk numbering w/ device tree

Russell King - ARM Linux
2016-04-29T18:12:48Z

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 10:32:15AM -0700, Douglas Anderson wrote:
> This series picks patches from various different places to produce what
> I consider the best solution to getting consistent mmc and mmcblk
> ordering.
>
> Why consistent ordering and why not just use UUIDs? IMHO consistent
> ordering solves a few different problems:

NAK. Really. Use UUIDs, that's the proper solution here.

Exactly the same issue arises if you have more than one ATA or SCSI
adapter in your PC - things can be probed out of order and end up
in different /dev/sd* slots.

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