Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030429AbWHROjM (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:39:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030430AbWHROjL (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:39:11 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:22144 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030429AbWHROjJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:39:09 -0400 Subject: Re: /dev/sd* From: Alan Cox To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: Seewer Philippe , Jeff Garzik , Gabor Gombas , Adrian Bunk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: 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> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:57:51 +0100 Message-Id: <1155913072.28764.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 (2.6.2-1.fc5.5) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 628 Lines: 17 Ar Gwe, 2006-08-18 am 10:52 +0200, ysgrifennodd Jan Engelhardt: > 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 They already can. It appears on their desktop with a little picture that says "My iSpod" or similar 8) What sort of "name" are you considering for /dev/disk ? Alan - 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/