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Re: May device identifier be changed without reboot?

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On Jan 6, 9:02 am, Jorgen Grahn <grahn+n...@snipabacken.se> wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-01-06, Barry Margolin wrote:
> > In article <87y5tmm93h....@sapphire.mobileactivedefense.com>,
> >  Rainer Weikusat <rweiku...@mssgmbh.com> wrote:
>
> >> Alex Vinokur <alex.vino...@gmail.com> writes:
> >> > Linux 2.6.18-238.12.1.el5 #1 SMP Sat May 7 20:18:50 EDT 2011 x86_64
> >> > x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> >> This is very likely the output of uname -a and it is composed of
> >> multiple pieces of information which can be changed in different ways.
> >> What are you specifically referring to?
>
> > I don't think he was asking anything about that, just providing the
> > version of Linux he's using as context.  I.e. his question is "In this
> > version of Linux, can a device ID change between reboots?"
>
> I think so too. There was a thread here or some other Unix programming
> group about such things some weeks ago; possibly you need to find that
> one to understand what he's referring to.
>
> Better wait for him to reformulate the question.
>
> /Jorgen
>
> --
>   // Jorgen Grahn <grahn@  Oo  o.   .     .
> \X/     snipabacken.se>   O  o   .

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.programmer/browse_frm/thread/f309d300258ad7a1
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.programmer/msg/9dc05598257bdbb6

May 'st.st_dev of the same file (that wasn't removed)' be changed
between reboots?

Alex

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[Linux] May device identifier be changed without reboot? Alex Vinokur <alex.vinokur@gmail.com> - 2012-01-04 20:53 -0800
  Re: [Linux] May device identifier be changed without reboot? Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mssgmbh.com> - 2012-01-05 16:01 +0000
    Re: [Linux] May device identifier be changed without reboot? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2012-01-05 21:24 -0500
      Re: [Linux] May device identifier be changed without reboot? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-01-06 07:02 +0000
        Re: [Linux] May device identifier be changed without reboot? "Alex Vinokur" <alexvn@users.sourceforge.net> - 2012-01-06 10:21 +0200
        Re: May device identifier be changed without reboot? Alex Vinokur <alex.vinokur@gmail.com> - 2012-01-06 00:14 -0800
          Re: May device identifier be changed without reboot? Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2012-01-06 09:22 +0000
            Re: May device identifier be changed without reboot? "Alex Vinokur" <alexvn@users.sourceforge.net> - 2012-01-06 11:34 +0200
              Re: May device identifier be changed without reboot? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2012-01-06 07:57 -0500
              Re: May device identifier be changed without reboot? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-06 16:06 +0000
                Re: May device identifier be changed without reboot? Alex Vinokur <alex.vinokur@gmail.com> - 2012-01-06 10:17 -0800
  Re: [Linux] May device identifier be changed without reboot? Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2012-01-05 22:43 -0800

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