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Date:      Mon, 07 Sep 1998 09:16:50 -0500
From:      Chris Csanady <ccsanady@friley-185-114.res.iastate.edu>
To:        mjacob@feral.com
Cc:        freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: CAM device naming.. 
Message-ID:  <199809071416.JAA06605@friley-185-114.res.iastate.edu>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 06 Sep 1998 20:51:26 PDT." <Pine.LNX.4.02.9809062049180.2392-100000@feral-gw> 

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>On Sun, 6 Sep 1998, Chris Csanady wrote:
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>> As the device naming is different in CAM anyways, would there be any
>> possibility of taking it one step further?  I have found it to be
>> quite nice in other OS's that actually use subdirectories for disk
>> names, terminals, etc.  It makes /dev a much cleaner place imho.
>> 
>> Also, I would love for the names to actually be based upon the
>> scsi controller, id, lun, partition etc.. although, I suppose there
>> is no way in hell this will happen. :P  It sucks when a disk goes
>> away, and then every last entry in your fstab is incorrect though.
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>In a multipathing environment this is not right. It has no meaning
>on fibre fabrics.

I'm sorry, but I don't follow here.  I was under the impression that
the cam layer was intended for scsi..

>I really strongly suggest that leaving the names the way they
>are right now is fine until a suitable volume binder exists.

The thing I don't like about the current scheme is that a particular
device name, in no way corresponds to a particular device.

Chris



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