Re: name change for cd rom devices

Daniel Quinlan (quinlan@transmeta.com)
29 May 1997 00:56:33 -0700


Larry M. Augustin <lma@varesearch.com> wrote:

>> Change "sr" to "scd" since MAKEDEV now creates /dev/scd* devices
>> instead of /dev/sr* devices.

Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com> writes:

> At least for the moment, the official name of the device is
> /dev/sr<N> and the kernel driver is sr.c. The above message should
> only be changed if we are going to officially decide that SCSI
> CD-ROMs are named /dev/scd<N>. I consider MAKEDEV to be in error,
> and any change should be made *there*, not to the kernel.

Changing /dev/scd<N> (which is in far wider use) to /dev/sr<N> would
have negative effects on users. It's probably a better name for most
people too.

I suggest that we change the message, rename the driver file and
module, and live with the sr_ identifiers until they are changed to
match.

Dan