* 2.5 suggestion
@ 2002-01-07 12:22 Philippe Trottier
2002-01-07 11:27 ` José Luis Domingo López
2002-01-07 17:19 ` H. Peter Anvin
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From: Philippe Trottier @ 2002-01-07 12:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
To prevent big confusion after adding or removing hardware (IDE, SCSI,
Network) would it be possible to assign them an order of detection or
give them a fixed Major / minor ?
so that /dev/sd? always refer to the same physical device...
Philippe Trottier
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* Re: 2.5 suggestion
2002-01-07 12:22 2.5 suggestion Philippe Trottier
@ 2002-01-07 11:27 ` José Luis Domingo López
2002-01-07 17:19 ` H. Peter Anvin
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From: José Luis Domingo López @ 2002-01-07 11:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
On Monday, 07 January 2002, at 14:22:58 +0200,
Philippe Trottier wrote:
> To prevent big confusion after adding or removing hardware (IDE, SCSI,
> Network) would it be possible to assign them an order of detection or
> give them a fixed Major / minor ?
>
Try devfs. For more information, see:
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/docs/devfs.html
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* Re: 2.5 suggestion
2002-01-07 12:22 2.5 suggestion Philippe Trottier
2002-01-07 11:27 ` José Luis Domingo López
@ 2002-01-07 17:19 ` H. Peter Anvin
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From: H. Peter Anvin @ 2002-01-07 17:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Followup to: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0201071317340.8864-100000@tchiwam2.invers.fi>
By author: Philippe Trottier <tchiwam@invers.fi>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> To prevent big confusion after adding or removing hardware (IDE, SCSI,
> Network) would it be possible to assign them an order of detection or
> give them a fixed Major / minor ?
>
There is no such order possible. Really.
-hpa
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