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SubjectRe: [PATCH] devfs v99.11 available
James Simmons writes:
>
> > > Okay. I'm just curious. Where did you get the idea of using /dev/vc/
> > > from. Is this some sort of standard I'm unaware of ? What technical
> > > reason is their for this move?
> >
> > It's desirable for /dev to contain subdirectories rather than having
> > everything lumped into the top-level directory. It makes it easier to
> > see what you have and also makes things easier to manage.
> >
> > I can't remember who chose /dev/vc/ in this particular case, but the
> > principle of moving things into subdirectories is fully supported by
> > Linus. In fact, he wanted me to go further than I had :-)
>
> Okay. I'm curious. What did Linus have in mind?

He wanted me to move the SCSI device entries from directories like
/dev/sd, /dev/sg, /dev/sr and so on to a "logical physical" heirarchy
under /dev/scsi, where subdirectory names map to the SCSI address
components (i.e. bus, target, lun).

Also, he wanted me to rip out the compatibility entries so the kernel
was left with a clean namespace.

> Do I hear linux having a Hardware graph like IRIX in the future as
> well?

<coy>
Where do you hear this?
</coy>
Regards,

Richard....
Old: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au
Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca
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