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    SubjectRe: new or old devfs naming scheme (Was: Re: devfs howto)
    James W. Laferriere writes:
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    > Hello Richard, I have to agree with Sergey on the point
    > of liking the old names over the new . But I guess I can
    > get devfsd to create them for me can't I ? Tia, JimL
    >
    > On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Sergey Kubushin wrote:
    > > On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Richard Gooch wrote:
    > ...snip...
    > > >
    > > > Having "partX" in the partition table scan may make it too long. The
    > > > reason the devfs names are not "pX" is because Linus wanted a longer
    > > > name. I'd be quite happy to shorten them.
    > >
    > > Just my $.25 - I liked the old devfs names (that of /dev/sda/c0b0t0u0p1)
    > > much more than /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 ...

    Yes, you can. But maybe someone could ask Linus if they could be
    changed...

    Regards,

    Richard....
    Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au
    Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca

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