> > I see scsi disk*, scsi tape*, scsi generic*. What's scsi r*. It makes
> > more sense to me if it's scsi cd*.
>
> 'r' is for ROM (or Readonly) (optical readonly scsi media ID, see
> TYPE_ROM in include/scsi/scsi.h).
>
> same as we don't use /dev/shd*, /dev/scd* just breaks naming scheme
> even if there would be no direct relation of 'r' to some magic meaning...
If you're worried about "breaking the naming scheme" then surely more
significant is the fact that disks and generics are named `a', `b', ...
whereas tapes and CDs are named `0', `1'...
p.