Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161075AbWHJGXj (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:23:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161079AbWHJGXj (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:23:39 -0400 Received: from mailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.26]:55504 "EHLO mailer.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161075AbWHJGXi (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:23:38 -0400 Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:20:38 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Jeff Garzik cc: Mark Lord , Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Merging libata PATA support into the base kernel In-Reply-To: <44DACE9F.3090909@garzik.org> Message-ID: References: <1155144599.5729.226.camel@localhost.localdomain> <44DA4288.6020806@rtr.ca> <44DACE9F.3090909@garzik.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 849 Lines: 21 >> This will also allow time for things like "udev" to perhaps think about >> an option to someday provide /dev/hd* symlinks for PATA devices when >> libata is used instead of IDE (?). That might be a possible migration >> path in the far future. > > Unfortunately a symlink won't work because of compatibility issues. /dev/hd > supports more partitions, and a different set of ioctls. I think apps should not rely on the name specifying whether a device is IDE/SCSI. After all, udev names like "/by-id/..." don't tell anything about device type whatsoever, like "hda"/"sda" do. Jan Engelhardt -- - 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/