devfs compatibility

Albert D. Cahalan (acahalan@cs.uml.edu)
Tue, 4 Aug 1998 03:48:43 -0400 (EDT)


I know you will hate this, but better now than later...

UnixWare 7 has 5-part device names with a c0b0t0d0p0 format.
It is just like the new Linux ones, except for the fourth letter.

Values of p are:

0 whole disk
1 first PC partition
2 second PC partition
3 third PC partition
4 fourth PC partition

Although SCO stops there, notice how much their system is like the
new Linux system. It would be great to eliminate the inconsistency
while we still can.

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