PCI Hotplug Slot Naming Scheme

[Marcus Meissner]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 10:56:50AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 12:50:13PM -0600, linas at austin.ibm.com wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 08:42:26AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 10:31:38AM -0600, John Rose wrote:
> > > >
> > > >    # ls /sys/bus/pci/slots
> > > >    ..   U7311.D11.104CE9A-P1-C1  U7879.001.DQD0027-P1-C2
> > > >    U7311.D11.104CE9A-P1-C2  U7879.001.DQD0027-P1-C3
> > > >    U7311.D11.104CE9A-P1-C3  U7879.001.DQD0027-P1-C4
> > > >    U7311.D11.104CE9A-P1-C5  U7879.001.DQD0027-P1-C5
> > > >    U7311.D11.104CE9A-P1-C6  U7879.001.DQD0027-P1-C6
> > > >    U7311.D11.104CE9A-P1-C7  U9117.570.104F3DC-V1-C0
> > > >
> > > >    These are just 23 chars long, imagine 48.
> > >
> > > Ick, ick, ick. I say no. Those names mean nothing to anyone
> > > familiar with Linux.

Or at least do a seperate directory tree with those names...

CIao, Marcus

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