Re: devfs

Bruce Cook (BC3-AU@bigfoot.com)
21 Jan 1998 01:39:40 -0800


Kevin Lentin <kevinl@cs.monash.edu.au> writes:

[...]
> Another thing is it would be nice if we could have a nicer way of
> identifying the controller. It's a toss up between not caring about
> controllers (most people only have 1 anyway) or situations where people
> have two . I used to have a T130B as well as an NCR53c710 'cos I was
> supporting the T130B code. Then I removed the T130B. Chances are my device
> names would change.

Controllers ARE important for some people.

you could identify the controller by it's port number Snort! <-- Humour

(Scsi and IDE don't need to be treated differnetly then)

/dev/d320b0t3d0s0
/dev/d360........

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...BRU

Bruce Cook, Synonet Corp. E-Mail: bc3-au@bigfoot.com Phone: +61 15 999 330 Fax: +61 8 9227 7390