Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758942AbXHaI5u (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:57:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754590AbXHaI5l (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:57:41 -0400 Received: from mtagate5.de.ibm.com ([195.212.29.154]:37691 "EHLO mtagate5.de.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754454AbXHaI5k (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:57:40 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20070830212816.GA4263@austin.ibm.com> To: linas@austin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas) Cc: Christoph Raisch , Jan-Bernd Themann , jschopp , LKML , LinuxPPC-Dev , Nathan Lynch , Paul Mackerras , Paul Mackerras , Stefan Roscher , Thomas Q Klein MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.23] ibmebus: Prevent bus_id collisions X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 7.0 HF277 June 21, 2006 From: Joachim Fenkes Message-ID: Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:57:28 +0200 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on D12ML064/12/M/IBM(Release 7.0.2HF71 | November 3, 2006) at 31/08/2007 10:57:30, Serialize complete at 31/08/2007 10:57:30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 918 Lines: 26 linas@austin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas) wrote on 30.08.2007 23:28:16: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 04:00:56PM +0200, Joachim Fenkes wrote: > > > > Plus, I rather like using > > the full_name since it also contains a descriptive name as opposed to > > being just nondescript numbers, helping the layman (ie user) to make sense > > out of a dev_id. > > [...] > Location codes are nice. I sure agree with you. Still, they're not unique, so we can't use them as bus_id. That's why we're having this discussion at all. What I meant was "I like using the full_name over using the device address / DRC index / you-name-it only". Location code is right out. Cheers, Joachim - 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/