Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 15 May 2001 15:32:43 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants |
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Richard Gooch wrote: > > Even if we have per-device filesystems, we are going to have the same > issue, in one form or another. If we have a "/devicetype" trailing > component added on, then somewhere it has to report "CD-ROM" or "cd" > or "Compact Disc". >
Again, many device types aren't mutually exclusive. It's a set, not an enum.
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