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Subject: /dev/discs and devfsd
From: Russell Coker <russell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 16:20:23 +1000
Reply-to: Russell Coker <russell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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When I insert a pcmcia IDE device it becomes /dev/discs/disc1 (disc0 is the 
internal hard drive).

Then I remove it and re-insert it and it becomes /dev/discs/disc2!

If the disc gets the first available number assigned to it then that would be 
OK.  If /dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0 gets permanently assigned to be 
/dev/discs/disc2 (until the next reboot) then that would also be OK.

But having it just get an incrementally higher number on each insertion is 
IMHO a bug.  It's also really annoying when I have several flash-cards to 
read and I have to type a different mount command every time instead of 
"!mount".

This is in devfsd 1.3.25.

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