[4629] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Some questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Gooch)
Mon Aug 31 07:36:01 1998
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 18:39:44 +1000
From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
To: "Richard L. Peskin" <rlpcon@vermontel.net>
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <v04011702b20fcdc322e6@[192.168.1.10]>
Richard L. Peskin writes:
> Can anyone tell me why Linux identifies scsi tape drives as /dev/st0,
> /dev/st1, .... where the last digit is the tape drive number (e.g. first
> drive, second drive, etc.), and how does this relate to the actual scsi
> identifier, which is also the device minor number? At best this is a
> confusing situation. For example, access to a tape drive is through
> /dev/st0, even if your tape drive is number 4 on the scsi chain.
Try the devfs patch: it supports location-based names. Check out:
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/kernel-patches.html
Regards,
Richard....
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