> pbrutsch@creighton.edu (Phil Brutsche) wrote on 07.01.98 in <Pine.HPP.3.95.980107213351.13482C-100000@bluejay.creighton.edu>:
>
> > No, please don't do this. It's too confusing. What's wrong with the
> > current SCSI setup (/dev/sda, /dev/sda1, /dev/sda2, etc) in any case?
>
> It's fragile. But then, so is the proposed replacement.
? whats the problem with devfs-v3? It removes the dependence on _any_
numbering scheme. You pick a logical naming (in string-space) _once_, and
it will be supported forever. The mapping between devices and internal
numbering (major/minor) is transparent.
we just have to pick the right logical naming now, and have to slowly
phase out all application-space major/minor dependencies.
-- mingo