[systemd-devel] [PATCH] udevd: SAS: use SAS addr + PHY id in by-path whenever possible.

[Samuli Suominen]

On 22/09/14 17:58, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> Hi Maurizio,
>
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard at redhat.com> wrote:
>> This patch changes the naming scheme for sas disks. The original names used
>> disk's sas address and lun, the new scheme uses sas address of the
>> nearest expander (if available) and a phy id of the used connection.
>> If no expander is used, the phy id of hba phy is used.
>> Note that names that refer to RAID or other abstract devices are
>> unchanged.
> What's the problem with the current scheme, what's the benefit of the
> new one? Will this break backwards compatibility, if so, why is this
> justifiable?
>

I wonder if it will solve this one...

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63806

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