linux-kernel - Re: /dev/sd*

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Date:	Mon, 21 Aug 2006 02:04:16 -0400
From:	Lee Trager <Lee@...turesInMotion.net>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>,
	Seewer Philippe <philippe.seewer@....ch>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Gabor Gombas <gombasg@...aki.hu>, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: /dev/sd*

Alan Cox wrote:
> Ar Gwe, 2006-08-18 am 17:51 +0200, ysgrifennodd Jan Engelhardt:
>   
>> Whatever udev does currently seems good:
>>
>> 17:48 shanghai:~ > ls /dev/disk/by-id/*
>> /dev/disk/by-id/ata-DIAMOND_250G_2B5400_030400026
>> /dev/disk/by-id/ata-DIAMOND_250G_2B5400_030400026-part1
>> /dev/disk/by-id/usb-0_USB_DRIVE_0000000000004287
>> /dev/disk/by-id/usb-0_USB_DRIVE_0000000000004287-part1
>>     
>
> I wouldn't try that on a typical "non technical user", at least except
> for Halloween 8)
>
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Why not make libata use /dev/disk by default and have a kernel option
for legacy naming(ide disks are hda, sata are sda etc)?
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