[5876] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: WG: AW: cdrecord problems on recent Linux versions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Gooch)
Thu Feb 11 14:47:57 1999
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 06:45:32 +1100
From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
To: Michael Schwingen <michaels@stochastik.rwth-aachen.de>
Cc: Joerg Schilling <schilling@fokus.gmd.de>, Dominik.Stadler@btk.de,
bsc@fleggaard.dk, cdwrite@lists.debian.org, dgilbert@interlog.com,
heiko_eissfeldt@z.detesystem.de, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu,
xiphmont@mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <19990211164149.12583@nemesis.stochastik.rwth-aachen.de>
Michael Schwingen writes:
> Locally, we use a system called scsiscan[1], which creates aliases
> in /dev/scsi/ - in you example, I would set up the scsiscan
> configuration so that /dev/scsi/burner_1 is automatically created as
> a device node with the correct major/minor/type for the device,
> whetever ID I switch it to. When using disks or other devices that
> can be identified 100% (using contents of sector 0, plus
> device/vendor name), this works 100% automatic. On identical devices
> which can not be told apart, you still have to specify the IDs (like
> in the cdrecord config file).
Have you heard about devfs? It allows device drivers to register
device entries which will automagically appear in /dev. It supports
the old-style names "/dev/sg0" as well as the new-style names
"/dev/sg/c0b0t0u0" (controller, bus, target, unit).
It's not just for SCSI: it's for *all* devices. It's been around for a
year now.
See: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/
Regards,
Richard....
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