On Wed, May 16 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Ingo Oeser wrote: > > > > We do this already with ide-scsi. A device is visible as /dev/hda > > and /dev/sda at the same time. Or think IDE-CDRW: /dev/hda, > > /dev/sr0 and /dev/sg0. > > > > All at the same time. > > > > ... and if you don't know about this funny aliasing, you get screwed. > This is BAD DESIGN, once again. And he's wrong too, we don't do this all the time. If /dev/hda is ide-cd controlled, then it can't be accessed through /dev/sr0 -- and vice versa. sg vs sr is different, one is a char the other a block device. -- Jens Axboe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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