Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants

[Richard Gooch]

Alexander Viro writes:
> 
> 
> On Tue, 15 May 2001, Richard Gooch wrote:
> 
> > Alan Cox writes:
> > > > 	len = readlink ("/proc/self/3", buffer, buflen);
> > > > 	if (strcmp (buffer + len - 2, "cd") != 0) {
> > > > 		fprintf (stderr, "Not a CD-ROM! Bugger off.\n");
> > > > 		exit (1);
> > > 
> > > And on my box cd is the cabbage dicer whoops
> > 
> > Actually, no, because it's guaranteed that a trailing "/cd" is a
> > CD-ROM. That's the standard.
> 
> Set by...?

Me&Linus. The device name authority (Peter). Whoever. If you want
Peter to bless it, then fine. But the standard is there. Violators
will be persecuted.

				Regards,

					Richard....
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