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SubjectRe: new or old devfs naming scheme (Was: Re: devfs howto)
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Richard Gooch wrote:

> James W. Laferriere writes:
> >
> > Hello Richard, I have to agree with Sergey on the point
> > of liking the old names over the new . But I guess I can
> > get devfsd to create them for me can't I ? Tia, JimL
> >
> > On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Sergey Kubushin wrote:
> > > On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Richard Gooch wrote:
> > ...snip...
> > > >
> > > > Having "partX" in the partition table scan may make it too long. The
> > > > reason the devfs names are not "pX" is because Linus wanted a longer
> > > > name. I'd be quite happy to shorten them.
> > >
> > > Just my $.25 - I liked the old devfs names (that of /dev/sda/c0b0t0u0p1)
> > > much more than /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 ...
>
> Yes, you can. But maybe someone could ask Linus if they could be
> changed...

I do suspect that Linus happen to read the list sometimes... Or may be we
have to start a petition like that in LVM to convice him ? :))

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