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Re: devfs and raw devices again

To: jurgen@xxxxxxxx, Borsenkow Andrej <Andrej.Borsenkow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: devfs and raw devices again
From: Russell Coker <russell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 09:18:37 +0200
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On Tue, 28 May 2002 07:36, jurgen@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> Borsenkow Andrej wrote:
> > I do not think so. Most applications for raw devices need fixed
> > predictable names.  Oracle admin hardly will be pleased with the fact
> > that his tablespaces change name on every reboot.
>
> The namespace issues are a bit separate from what I was talking about,
> but the device names would remain predictable in any case.  If you
> used this mechanism very naively you could shoot yourself in the foot
> of course, but you can do that now.
>
> The ultimate goal is to make the names much more predictable by having
> them appear as things like /dev/scsi/busN/.../rdisc, etc., but I
> haven't got that far yet.

What exactly is wrong with /dev/scsi/busN/.../rdisc and 
/dev/scsi/busN/.../rpart1?

Why not have raw disk device nodes managed the same way as regular disk 
device nodes.  Surely a problem in one type implies a problem in the other?

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