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Re: udev device naming policy concerns



Paul Hampson wrote:

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> I think the devfs naming scheme is better personally, as it gives you a
> structured view of what's in the system, and a structured way of dealing
> with devices... (IE v4l stuff lives in /dev/video, easy.)
> 
> On the other hand, I can understand your point about not migrating away
> from the documented, standardised approach, (ugly as it may be :-)...
> 
> The current default files create nodes in the devfs places, and symlink
> to the kernel names for the ide/scsi stuff. Maybe it ought to create
> nodes with the kernel names, and symlink to the devfs-style names?
That would be a rather nice default, actually.  :-)  My vote's for that.

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