Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Nov 1996 11:51:58 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: dev |
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On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Marek Michalkiewicz wrote:
> have lots of devices: all the disk partitions. Maybe we should > adapt the /dev/dsk/c?t?d?s? convention from other systems? All this > should help making /dev shorter and lookups faster. > (This is not really kernel related - maybe it should be discussed > with the FHS group?) > > Marek > The sun scheme of using /dev/dsk/c?t?d?s?........ for a device name positively sux (SIC).
Device name lookups only occur typically once per application when they are opened. Therefore, device name lookups do not appreciably affect machine performance.
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