From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hannes Reinecke Subject: Re: [PATCH] minimal SAS transport class Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:27:51 +0200 Message-ID: <430AC1E7.4090408@suse.de> References: <9BB4DECD4CFE6D43AA8EA8D768ED51C21D7A40@xbl3.ma.emulex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from ns.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:5765 "EHLO mx1.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750772AbVHWG15 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Aug 2005 02:27:57 -0400 In-Reply-To: <9BB4DECD4CFE6D43AA8EA8D768ED51C21D7A40@xbl3.ma.emulex.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: James.Smart@Emulex.Com Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org James.Smart@Emulex.Com wrote: > - There are some real challenges in supporting a udev-named boot > device. For the most part, it's a distro issue, which is becoming > better. PS: for $10, name a 2.6 distro that uses udev out > of the box for disk names and its installation. For $10 more,=20 > can it install/boot from one? Hmm. You are correct in that appearently there _is_ a large education effort required. SLES9 uses udev for installation and booting per default, and this work= s with even the horribly old version we're having there. > - Some of these vendors come from large disk farms, and in several > cases, the disk farms change frequently. Thus, they must flush > and regenerate their udev configurations on each change. Not a > fun process. Not really. You normally shouldn't have to redo the udev configuration as your vendor/distributor will have provided you with one which works out of the box. Of course, you'll have to initiate a rescan of the SAN topology, but udev is the least of the problems you're facing then. > - Most could care less about, or don't understand, the technical > justifications for the new 2.6 behaviors. Thus, they push their > vendors for same-style behaviors as 2.4 regardless of the 2.6 > stance. Oh, how true. I heartily agree with you on this one. Cheers, Hannes --=20 Dr. Hannes Reinecke hare@suse.de SuSE Linux Products GmbH S390 & zSeries Maxfeldstra=DFe 5 +49 911 74053 688 90409 N=FCrnberg http://www.suse.de - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html