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> So the "target id" we put in driverfs could have one of
> these suggested formats:
>    <number>              - 0 to 1 for ATA
>    <number>              - 0 to 15 for SCSI parallel interface
>    <number>              - 24 bit number for fibre channel
>    <EUI 64+discovery_id> - ieee1394
>    <???>                 - usb (mass storage + scanner)
>    <WWUI> ":" <num>      - iSCSI   [something better than ":"?]

In the physical device tree, what's wrong with setting the name to 
something simple, like 'iscsi0', etc. All you're looking for is 
a locally unique ID. 

You need a globally unique ID to do persitant attribute setting and 
restoration, including naming. When /sinb/hotplug gets a call to name the 
device, it can look up the GUID to determine what to name the device.

	-pat

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