Re: Cset 1.1490.4.201 - dasd naming

[Arnd Bergmann]

> That is probably the main argument to go back to the old names. After
> udev and friends are in place it is not important how the disk is named
> internally. The only place where it would surface is on the root=
> parameter.

Even for root=, it probably does not matter as long as udev is used
in the initrd/initramfs. The main argument against the new naming is
that udev can trivially create these or other persistent names, while
it's very hard for udev to calculate the compatible names.

        Arnd <><
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