Re: [patch] drivers: wait for threaded probes between initcall levels

Stefan Richter
2006-10-28T20:50:37Z

Grant Grundler wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 10:19:25PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>>> I thought parallel PCI and SCSI probing on system with multiple NICs and
>>> "SCSI" storage requires udev to create devices with consistent naming.
>> For some reason people get upset when we rename all their devices. They're
>> a humourless lot.
>
> Hey! I resemble that remark! ;)
>
> (yeah, I've been a victim of that problem way too many times.)

I hear network interfaces can be selected by their MACs, which are
globally unique and persistent. Most SCSI hardware has globally unique
and persistent unit properties too, and udev indeed uses them these days.
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Stefan Richter
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