Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751307AbWHRJAG (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:00:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751308AbWHRJAG (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:00:06 -0400 Received: from mailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.26]:40346 "EHLO mailer.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751307AbWHRJAE (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:00:04 -0400 Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:52:56 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Seewer Philippe cc: Jeff Garzik , Gabor Gombas , Adrian Bunk , Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: /dev/sd* In-Reply-To: <44E56804.1080906@bfh.ch> Message-ID: References: <1155144599.5729.226.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060809212124.GC3691@stusta.de> <1155160903.5729.263.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060809221857.GG3691@stusta.de> <20060810123643.GC25187@boogie.lpds.sztaki.hu> <44DB289A.4060503@garzik.org> <44E3DFD6.4010504@PicturesInMotion.net> <44E42900.1030905@PicturesInMotion.net> <44E56804.1080906@bfh.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 814 Lines: 21 >> Less advanced users should use the upgrade tools their distribution >> provides. > >And personally I think less advanced users will be very happy with >/dev/disk (or /dev/hd). No more confusion wether to user /dev/hdx or >/dev/sdx or whatever! Umm, hdx or sdx is a small impact. The real power of /dev/disk is that not-so-technically minded users can go looking for their disk by its name (or less frequently, by their address (e.g. USB drive)). Especially important since any new disk discovered in the scsi layer gets the next free slot. Jan Engelhardt -- - 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/