From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Jul 25 11: 5:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from pluto.plutotech.com (mail.plutotech.com [206.168.67.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC1AD37B7A2; Tue, 25 Jul 2000 11:05:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gibbs@plutotech.com) Received: from caspian.plutotech.com (root@mail.plutotech.com [206.168.67.137]) by pluto.plutotech.com (8.9.2/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA46146; Tue, 25 Jul 2000 12:05:45 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from gibbs@plutotech.com) Message-Id: <200007251805.MAA46146@pluto.plutotech.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: wilko@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Matthew Jacob , freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How much do we need the all-singing, all-dancing devfs? In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 21 Jul 2000 23:39:03 +0200." <20000721233903.A21976@freebie.demon.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 12:06:32 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >So, I think it would be nice if 128 bit WWN could also be handled. Well, don't call it a WWN. Call it, perhaps, a "devid". Make the specification of what exactly a "devid" is flexible so it can be composed for non-SCSI devices, and you are on the right track. 128bits may be too small for some types of devices or if you want to add other information besides the WWN to the "devid". "devids" should not be exported through libcam, but through a more generic interface. -- Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message