Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 05:50:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 05:50:31 -0500 Received: from hermine.idb.hist.no ([158.38.50.15]:45322 "HELO hermine.idb.hist.no") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 05:50:30 -0500 Message-ID: <3DD0DEA6.BA3DCBA3@aitel.hist.no> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 11:57:42 +0100 From: Helge Hafting X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [no] (X11; U; Linux 2.5.47 i686) X-Accept-Language: no, en, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rudmer@legolas.dynup.net CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] devfs API References: <20021112013244.GF1729@mythical.michonline.com> <20021112080417.GA11660@think.thunk.org> <20021112083811Z266406-32598+5165@vger.kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 878 Lines: 24 Rudmer van Dijk wrote: > > from a user point of view it is better to keep it because it could really > simplify a users life except ide should be just in discs as hdX and not as > /dev/ide/hostN/busX/targetY/lunZ/disc ... Use /dev/discs if that's what you like. The /dev/ide/hostN... alternative is there for a reason though. If you have, say 3 ide controllers and remove a disk from the second one then disks on the third is renumbered if they're in /dev/discs. The ones in /dev/ide/host2/... stays put. Desktop machines may not need all that with one disk only, but it is useful for servers using IDE drives. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/