Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270609AbTGZWgS (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jul 2003 18:36:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270592AbTGZWgS (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jul 2003 18:36:18 -0400 Received: from [66.62.77.7] ([66.62.77.7]:63455 "EHLO mail.gurulabs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270625AbTGZWgN (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jul 2003 18:36:13 -0400 Subject: Re: Does sysfs really provides persistent hardware path to devices? From: Dax Kelson To: jcwren@jcwren.com Cc: Andrey Borzenkov , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200307261259.03517.jcwren@jcwren.com> References: <200307262036.13989.arvidjaar@mail.ru> <200307261259.03517.jcwren@jcwren.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1059259884.2924.37.camel@mentor.gurulabs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 26 Jul 2003 16:51:24 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 935 Lines: 23 On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 10:59, J.C. Wren wrote: > Specifically using your example of USB memories, I have seen devices move > around just because of rebooting. I have a Sandisk SDDR-31 (MMC) and a > SDDR-33 (CF) that remain plugged into the same USB ports all the time. > Occasionally, they come up swapped (normally the MMC reader is /dev/sda), > which is really infuriating, since my scripts for building MMC and CF cards > then exhibit much breakage. man devlabel in Red Hat Linux 9 and above would solve this 100% for you. Also, the devlabel home page: http://www.lerhaupt.com/linux.html and a whitepaper on it: http://www.dell.com/us/en/esg/topics/power_ps1q03-lerhaupt.htm - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/