Re: [PATCH 2.6.23] ibmebus: Prevent bus_id collisions

From: Joachim Fenkes
Date: Fri Aug 31 2007 - 04:58:06 EST


linas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Linas Vepstas) wrote on 30.08.2007 23:28:16:

> On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 04:00:56PM +0200, Joachim Fenkes wrote:
> >
> > Plus, I rather like using
> > the full_name since it also contains a descriptive name as opposed to
> > being just nondescript numbers, helping the layman (ie user) to make
sense
> > out of a dev_id.
>
> [...]
> Location codes are nice.

I sure agree with you. Still, they're not unique, so we can't use them as
bus_id. That's why we're having this discussion at all.

What I meant was "I like using the full_name over using the device address
/ DRC index / you-name-it only". Location code is right out.

Cheers,
Joachim
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