R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl (Rogier Wolff)
> Jens Axboe wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 13 2000, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > > > Personally I like the /dev/sr* names and /dev/sra1 looks cleaner than
> > > > /dev/scda1 (not to mention /dev/scdd1, which is just plain confusing).
> > > >
> > >
> > > Are you sure you want /dev/sra1 and not /dev/sr1a or /dev/scd1a (since
> > > the standard names right now are /dev/sr1 or /dev/scd1)?
> >
> > Well for consistency I like /dev/sra1 (first CD-ROM, first partiton)
> > as it is similar to existing disk naming.
>
> The problem that I see with using a letter for the device-instance field
> is that after 26 we run out of letters.
>
> Legacy says that harddisks are different and there are people with
> more than 26 harddisks. What do they do?
>
> Anyway, I would suggest that we move to using numbers for the
> instances asap, and letters for the partition names (limited to
> something like 16 for now anyway...)
If you are going to throw away the current structures then I would prefer
the System V form:
typecunitdtargetspart
^^^^ type designator
c controller flag
unit controller number
d device flag
target device number
s partition identifier
part partition number
And if necessary even include:
p pci identifier
num pci number
between the type and the controller number.
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Jesse I Pollard, II
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