Re: devfs v21 & IDE cdrom

Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU)
Tue, 31 Mar 1998 12:32:27 +1000

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mlord@pobox.com writes:
> One problem with devfs:
>
> The directory /dev/ir should be /dev/ic instead.
>
> "c" stands for "cdrom", not "r".

I see your point, but the way it is now makes it more like the SCSI
name: /dev/sr/
It would be nice to have consistency between the two. I invite people
to comment.

Regards,

Richard....

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