Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: devfs again, (was RE: USB device allocation) | Date | Sat, 09 Oct 1999 22:18:46 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net> said: > On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, Horst von Brand wrote: > > Not my point, I was saying that I must now _also_ take care of not > > hijacking a name. But you don't have to mess with names if you don't use > > devfs. What if I decide to set up a full chinese version of Linux, with > > chinese device names? Now I can't even begin of thinking in using the stock > > kernel...
> Which chinese version of Linux uses chinese device names? AFAIK most > (all?) distributions use the "standard" names, which is basically the same > as if it had been kernel policy anyway. Change device names at your own > peril -- many programs are hardcoded to fixed device names. (The kernel, > and init come to mind).
None ATM. And device names hardcoded into the kernel is BAD, everyone agrees on that. -- Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl Casilla 9G, Viña del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616
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