Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932460AbWHRPzr (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:55:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932336AbWHRPzr (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:55:47 -0400 Received: from mailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.26]:51161 "EHLO mailer.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932216AbWHRPzq (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:55:46 -0400 Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:48:17 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Bill Davidsen cc: Seewer Philippe , 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: <44E5B672.1010407@tmr.com> 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> <44E5B672.1010407@tmr.com> 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: 1047 Lines: 27 > > For discussion I suggest /proc/ata/devices, a single flat file Ahem. /sys please. And do not just limit it to ATA. > matching a name meaningful to open() with a vendor string and > whatever other info is handy, like serial number and the like. If > people are going to use ATA that allows them to generate their own > tools using familiar methods like awk, sed, grep, perl, python or > whatever. Having that information in an inobvious format will really > slow adoption by triggering the "it's hard to use" or "I need to use > all these new tools" responses. > > And those responses are not limited to newbies, experienced users are aware of > the ratio of learning curve to functionality as well. What would the contents of /ata/devices look like, can you give an example? 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/