Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Feb 2000 10:35:53 +0200 (EET) | From | Sergey Kubushin <> | Subject | Re: new or old devfs naming scheme (Was: Re: devfs howto) |
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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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