udev consistent across distributions?
Hi
I'm developing an application that runs on several Linux distributions. This application uses tape devices. It's important that I use a persistent name for each tape device, a name that will remain the same even when other tape devices are added to the system. This needs to be true even when new tape devices are added earlier in the device scan path than existing tape devices, and so will receive lower system-assigned /dev/[n]stN device files.
I know, I know: this is why udev was invented. And, on SLES 9 SP3, this seems to work great: the /dev/tape/by-id/ directoy is populated automatically (using udev rules that come with the system) with device-persistent device files names.
But RHEL 5, for instance, does not create /dev/tape/by-id. And I'm hearing that other Linux distributions do not function in the same way as SLES 9.
So, is there any commonality across distributions?
Also, I searched for (but didn't find) a udev mailing list or forum. Can you suggest a place where udev 'people' hang out?
Thanks!
tl
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