Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 28 Mar 2001 13:14:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 28 Mar 2001 13:14:37 -0500 Received: from [195.180.174.223] ([195.180.174.223]:6784 "EHLO idun.neukum.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 28 Mar 2001 13:14:22 -0500 From: Oliver Neukum To: jesse@cats-chateau.net Subject: Re: Larger dev_t Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:13:00 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.1.99] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" References: <01032806025400.11349@tabby> In-Reply-To: <01032806025400.11349@tabby> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01032820130006.01508@idun> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1067 Lines: 22 > My suggestion would be to add a filesystem label (optional) to the > homeblock of all filesystmes, then load that identifier into the > /proc/partitions file. This would allow a search to locate the > device parameters for any filesystem being mounted. If the label > is unavailable, then it must be mounted manually or via the current > structure. This would work for floppy/CD/DVD (although SCSI versions > would have a relocation problem for these devices). And what would you do if the names collide ? This might work for drives with unique identifiers in hardware, but for anything else it is a nice addition, but I wouldn't identify an essential partition that way. Furthermore you need to address removable media. There a way to specify a drive opposed to a filesystem or medium is needed. Regards Oliver - 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/