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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:06:02 +0100
From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>
To: Douglas Gilbert <dougg@torque.net>
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Subject: Re: lsscsi-0.17 released
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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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