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List:       osdl-device-naming
Subject:    Re: [Device_naming] [RFC] iSCSI device naming
From:       Alan Cox <alan () redhat ! com>
Date:       2004-07-23 18:00:38
Message-ID: 20040723180038.GA2783 () devserv ! devel ! redhat ! com
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On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 09:00:17PM +0530, Surekha.PC wrote:
> 2) Having default kernel names
> Retain the traditional kernel names like /dev/sda ..etc just like
> any normal SCSI HBA driver. Filesystems provide uuid and label based
> mounting to achieve persistency. However the main issue is how to achieve
> persistency for tape devices or raw devices since the device name can
> change across reboots due to changes in iSCSI targets probing order?
> 
> Please comment on the above 2 approaches and which you think we can adopt
> as feasible solution. This will help in resolving this long pending issue.

I would favour retaining existing base names. Existing tools that build uuid
paths can still do the rest



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