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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] 2.5.18 IDE 73
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    On Thu, 2002-05-30 at 14:54, Martin Dalecki wrote:
    > I don't use and don't care about devfs - it's a misconception in my opinnion.

    Yes but there are lots of other opinions. And it was just one of several
    examples of why you were proposing something utterly bogus


    > And last but not least: some devices which should be viewd as "same type"
    > are hooked up to different major numbers instead of sharing them.
    > Most prominent here are the differences between SCSI disks and ATA disks
    > for example. From a technical point of view they don't make *any* sense.

    Linus has explicitly stated he wants to do this and make all disks
    appear the same and the same place. It actually makes lots of sense.



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