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On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> This links goes to a specific post in the thread. Don't scroll or you |
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> will have to dig. The one to look far if it messes up is the post by |
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> NeddySeagoon. |
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> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-6362608.html#6362608 |
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> More info: |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/kernel-config.xml#doc_chap3 |
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> According to one page I found, this happened several years ago so no |
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> idea how anyone missed it this long. It was discussed on this very list |
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> but my archives don't go back that far. I figure if I don't run into a |
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> problem in a year or so, I missed it which is a odd thing of itself |
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> since I usually find every problem there is. ;-) |
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> Dale |
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Dale, |
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Thanks for digging that up. It's interesting, but I don't think |
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it's exactly relevant. TTBOMK I've used /dev/sdX and /dev/srX for as |
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long as it's been available. Most of my machines these days were all |
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built after the change so it's all they've ever known. Maybe one |
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machine used /dev/dhX. |
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However, that's not the issue I'm looking for background on. You |
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seemed to say earlier that it's a widely known thing that udev links |
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to /dev/srX are not only broken but also bogus. You don't use them. |
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Others have seen the same issue. I've seen the udev links not work for |
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a couple of months. |
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However from what I can tell you don't use them |
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1) because they broke, and |
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2) like me you never took the time to determine _why_ they broke. |
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I was in the same place until yesterday when I decided to dig in a |
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little bit. Now, my point is that while the old links created in old |
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rules files are broken (and they are) it's not clear to me that udev |
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is broken. Clear Kay Sievers (sp?) still assumes they work although |
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they will automatically only do /dev/sr0. The use is responsible for |
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creating others if they need them. (Which 99% of folks will not, so |
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basically, it still works.) |
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What appears to have actually broken is the old PCI path |
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nomeclature, and not 'udev proper', as best I can tell. |
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Anyway, it's well known in the known universe that you are mad at |
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udev so I don't expect you're looking for ways to make this stuff work |
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and I do appreciate you digging the stuff up that you found. Thanks. |
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Over and out, |
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Mark |
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