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DateFri, 11 Apr 2003 21:20:27 -0700
FromGreg KH <>
SubjectRe: [ANNOUNCE] udev 0.1 release
On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 05:19:13PM -0700, Joel Becker wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 04:37:19PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > if [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]> > > then> > >     DISKPREFIX="/dev/disk"> > > > But all the distros will do that for you :)> > 	Oh no they won't.  They're just going to fix their own scripts
> to accept their own scheme.  Never mind my own.  I want my own scheme,
> the distro scripts break.  I want a script running out of shared NFS?
> I lose.

If you want your own naming scheme, you will have to handle all of the
script changes needed, yes.  devfs ran into this same problem :(

> > Then try to convince LSB to add a device naming document to their spec.
> > That's the only way this is going to happen...> > 	LSB isn't even followed now.  What we need is a naming czar.  As
> you point out, Good Luck.

Hm, naming czar, that has a nice ring to it... :)

> 	Linux devices are going to stop sucking from one perspective and
> start sucking from another.  Yay.

Well, let's work on fixing the the first suckage.  If that creats more
suckage, we'll tackle that issue next.

thanks,

greg k-h
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