Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 08:57:39 -0600 (MDT) From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com> To: Chris Csanady <ccsanady@friley-185-114.res.iastate.edu> Cc: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CAM device naming.. Message-ID: <199809071457.IAA29563@narnia.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: <199809071416.JAA06605@friley-185-114.res.iastate.edu>
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In article <199809071416.JAA06605@friley-185-114.res.iastate.edu> you wrote: > >> >> >>On Sun, 6 Sep 1998, Chris Csanady wrote: >> >>> As the device naming is different in CAM anyways, would there be any >>> possibility of taking it one step further? I have found it to be >>> quite nice in other OS's that actually use subdirectories for disk >>> names, terminals, etc. It makes /dev a much cleaner place imho. >>> >>> Also, I would love for the names to actually be based upon the >>> scsi controller, id, lun, partition etc.. although, I suppose there >>> is no way in hell this will happen. :P It sucks when a disk goes >>> away, and then every last entry in your fstab is incorrect though. >> >>In a multipathing environment this is not right. It has no meaning >>on fibre fabrics. > > I'm sorry, but I don't follow here. I was under the impression that > the cam layer was intended for scsi.. SCSI is one of the supported protocols across Fibre-channel. CAM can handle other protocols than SCSI although the current implementation only supports SCSI. >>I really strongly suggest that leaving the names the way they >>are right now is fine until a suitable volume binder exists. > > The thing I don't like about the current scheme is that a particular > device name, in no way corresponds to a particular device. The names can be bound to particular devices by hardwiring devices in your kernel config file. > > Chris -- Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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