Re: lsscsi-0.17 released

From: Matthias Andree
Date: Wed Feb 22 2006 - 11:04:02 EST


On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Douglas Gilbert wrote:

> Matthias Andree wrote:

> > Does this work around new incompatibilities in the kernel
> > or does this fix lsscsi bugs?
>
> The former. In lk 2.6.16-rc1 the
> /sys/class/scsi_device/<hcil>/device/block symlink
> changed to ".../block:sd<x>" breaking lsscsi 0.16 (and
> earlier) and sg_map26 (in sg3_utils).

Heck, what was the reason for breaking userspace again?

Why would someone even consider using sysfs at all if it changes
incompatibly?

--
Matthias Andree
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