Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.5.18 IDE 73 | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 30 May 2002 17:13:39 +0100 |
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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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