Re: [Cooker] udev and /dev/sd* confusion, problems

[Luca Berra]

On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 02:08:01PM +0200, Vincent Panel wrote:
> Quoted from udev_vs_devfs (on udev's site):
>
> "
> Provide a persistent device naming solution:
.....
> Le Jeudi 2 Juin 2005 12:45, Vincent Panel a écrit :
> > Well, udev 's goal is to provide persistent device names isn't it ? Why
> > don't we use this feature ? Then, whether you plug/unplug sci disks,
> > /dev/sdb will always be /dev/sdb...
Ok, the issue is that if we do use udev to name devices we also need to
ensure initrd is able to find the correct name. it is not that easy
since initrd might not contain all tools used to generate the name.

L.

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