On 06-Nov 04:38, Erich Schubert wrote: > > Clearer. But I can't really agree that /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 > > (your example) is better than /dev/hda3. For one thing, IDE doesn't even > > have luns. > > Who cares that ide (currently?) doesn't have luns? > scsi has, and i like doing s/scsi/ide/ without having to remember > cryptic things like hda > or look at the cd drives. > Novice users will probably NOT know which device they attached their > cdrom onto. Having /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /dev/cdroms/cdrom1 etc. is EASY. > Btw: you don't have to use /dev/ide, you can just use /dev/discs i > think. You don't have to care about ide vs. scsi then. > Maybe this is a devfsd feature though. > Devfsd does also provide compatibility for those preferring the old > names; i for myself don't need them any more. > /dev/discs/disc0/part1 isn't too hard to enter... Yes, not too hard, but it's Dumb. A device namespace (which devFS wants to be) should list whats there in a flat space; eg "ls /dev" should show all dev entries. This is why current /dev doesn't work really; device files are there even if the device isn't. Never mind that even with devFS "ls -r /dev" shows huge amounts of crap. What was wrong with hd[ab...yz][123..89]? </rant> [snip] Thomas
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