Gets the name from the device driver, usually X is the minor number (or the
minor number + some constant, if several drivers share a major number). The
names are only constant if the devices are discovered in the same order.
> > Ok, but I think no one doubts that it is a bad idea to assign ethX
> > semi-randomly. Basically this is the same problem as with device files,
> > only in a different namespace.
> So is that in favor of changing the current ethX naming convention or not?
I don't know. You don't need a device file for networking, but if there is
some mechanism to allow stable names it would certainly be good to use it for
network, too.
> > The device registry (www.tjansen.de/devreg) patches devfs to allow the
> > things described above though.
> Everything, with all of the ids? What about scsi/ide?
Only SCSI/sd, PCI and USB.
bye...
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