----- "Robert Millan" <r...@aybabtu.com> wrote: Hi Robert,
> We need some naming spec on how are disks numbered after /dev/sdz. I > can guess, but that's not good enough, some authoritative reference > would be necessary. There is a function in the kernel in drivers/scsi/sd.c called sd_format_disk_name() which does this and I suspect is therefore the definitive reference. Its comments say: /** * sd_format_disk_name - format disk name * @prefix: name prefix - ie. "sd" for SCSI disks * @index: index of the disk to format name for * @buf: output buffer * @buflen: length of the output buffer * * SCSI disk names starts at sda. The 26th device is sdz and the * 27th is sdaa. The last one for two lettered suffix is sdzz * which is followed by sdaaa. * * This is basically 26 base counting with one extra 'nil' entry * at the beggining from the second digit on and can be * determined using similar method as 26 base conversion with the * index shifted -1 after each digit is computed. * * CONTEXT: * Don't care. * * RETURNS: * 0 on success, -errno on failure. */ How is that ? cheers, Chris -- Christopher Samuel - (03) 9925 4751 - Systems Manager The Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing P.O. Box 201, Carlton South, VIC 3053, Australia VPAC is a not-for-profit Registered Research Agency -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
