Re: devfs and raw devices again

[jurgen@xxxxxxxx]

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.

:j