[3471] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Name assignation of scsi devices
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Gooch)
Fri Mar 6 19:25:58 1998
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 10:19:53 +1100
From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU>
To: Andrzej Krzysztofowicz <ankry@green.mif.pg.gda.pl>
Cc: leroy@meg.fr (Mr LEROY christophe), linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199803061029.LAA00402@green.mif.pg.gda.pl>
Andrzej Krzysztofowicz writes:
> Hi,
>
> >
> > I've tried devfs, it's exactly what I need.
> > There is just one probleme:
> > When my system boot, there is no ZIP disc into zip drive so only c0b0t6u0
> > appears in /devfs/sd
> > So when I insert a ZIP into the drive and tries to mount /devfs/sd/c0b0t6u0p4 ,
> > mount tells me that this special device does not exist.
> >
> > When i do mount /dev/sdb /mnt, kernel detects the ZIP and it's partition, and
> > mount it.
> > After that, I get c0b0t6u0p4 in /devfs/sd
> >
> > Is there a way to force kernel to detect ZIP partition before executing mount ?
> >
>
> I met the same problem and have just finished workaround for it.
> You can try my devfs patch, which allows you (among some other
> modifications) to assign specyfic host numbers to apropriat drivers using
> "scsihosts=<host1>:<host2>:..." kernel or scsi_mod module parameter.
> This patch is against 2.1.86 + devfs-patch-v19 and is available as
>
> ftp://rudy.mif.pg.gda.pl/pub/People/ankry/linux-patches/devfs/patch-current-devfs
>
> I tried it with ppa + aha1542 and it worked OK.
> It has been send to devfs Author, but still is not included into devfs
> (perhaps as no newer version of devfs-patch has been released ...)
Yes, I got it, but I've been really busy lately with other things, so
I haven't had time to put out a new devfs. But stay tuned...
Regards,
Richard....
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