Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 12:58:34 +0100
From: David Balazic <david.balazic@uni-mb.si>
Subject: Finalize new device naming convention ?
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Guillaume Boissiere (boissiere@mediaone.net) mentions on
http://people.ne.mediaone.net/boissiere/Status-18-Jan-2002.html :

* Pending Finalize new device naming convention (Linus Torvalds)

Is this about user space visible device names , like the stuff in /dev/ ?

I have some strong ( negative ) feeling about the current ( pre 2.5.x ) state
of that. Where is/was/will be this discussed.

The gist of my problem is that the entries in /dev/ doesn't always refer
to the same device as 5 minutes before. Even without a reboot in between.

Examples : 

name      |    now             | some minutes later
-------------------------------------------------
sdb       | a SCSI disk        | some other SCSI disk
hda6      | my root FS         | my swap partition
dsp1      | my main speakers   | my rear speaker
eth0      | my LAN connection  | my ISP connection

There must be some lasting ID that can be used to refer to devices,
something that is not changed by some semi-related events.

-- 
David Balazic
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