Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Tue, 15 May 2001 15:32:43 -0700

Richard Gooch wrote:
>
> Even if we have per-device filesystems, we are going to have the same
> issue, in one form or another. If we have a "/devicetype" trailing
> component added on, then somewhere it has to report "CD-ROM" or "cd"
> or "Compact Disc".
>

Again, many device types aren't mutually exclusive. It's a set, not an
enum.

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