Re: [PATCH] 2.5.18 IDE 73

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
30 May 2002 17:13:39 +0100


On Thu, 2002-05-30 at 14:54, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> I don't use and don't care about devfs - it's a misconception in my opinnion.

Yes but there are lots of other opinions. And it was just one of several
examples of why you were proposing something utterly bogus

> And last but not least: some devices which should be viewd as "same type"
> are hooked up to different major numbers instead of sharing them.
> Most prominent here are the differences between SCSI disks and ATA disks
> for example. From a technical point of view they don't make *any* sense.

Linus has explicitly stated he wants to do this and make all disks
appear the same and the same place. It actually makes lots of sense.


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