Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932479AbWHRP5e (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:57:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932474AbWHRP5e (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:57:34 -0400 Received: from mailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.26]:14306 "EHLO mailer.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932336AbWHRP5d (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:57:33 -0400 Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:51:53 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Alan Cox cc: Seewer Philippe , Jeff Garzik , Gabor Gombas , Adrian Bunk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: /dev/sd* In-Reply-To: <1155913072.28764.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> 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> <1155913072.28764.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> 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: 1002 Lines: 28 >> 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) Not everyone follows Linus's "suggestion" to use KDE. Actually, there are even people not thrilled by either KDE or GNOME. >What sort of "name" are you considering for /dev/disk ? Whatever udev does currently seems good: 17:48 shanghai:~ > ls /dev/disk/by-id/* /dev/disk/by-id/ata-DIAMOND_250G_2B5400_030400026 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-DIAMOND_250G_2B5400_030400026-part1 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-0_USB_DRIVE_0000000000004287 /dev/disk/by-id/usb-0_USB_DRIVE_0000000000004287-part1 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/