On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Richard Gooch wrote:
> Khimenko Victor writes:
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Richard Gooch wrote:
> >
> > > Khimenko Victor writes:
> > > > To Gooch: BTW why it's so ? To confuse innocent souls ?
> > >
> > > I prefer "Richard" :-)
> > >
> > > I think the confusion is partly due to people expecting to be able to
> > > just compile it in and everything will "just work". With the Great
> > > Name Change, that's no longer possible. You either have to install
> > > devfsd to get the old names back, or you spend time fixing
> > > configuration files and software that make invalid assumptions.
> > >
> > > Also, the README could probably use some work. I've been doing that
> > > slowly (amidst the flood of emails). I've appended an extract from the
> > > current README that will hopefully help.
> > >
> >
> > Uhh. I asked MUCH simplier question: why devices are named
> > /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1
> > /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2
> > /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3
> > but on bootup you'll see:
> > -- cut --
> > SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 35841015 [17500 MB] [17.5 GB]
> > /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p3
> > -- cut --
> >
> > Of course it's just cosmetic but IMHO better to use partX in all
> > places or pX in old places to avaoid confusions...
>
> 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 ...
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