Linux-kernel mailing list archive 2000-32,: Re: 2.4.0-test6 devfs

# Re: 2.4.0-test6 devfs

James Sutherland (jas88@cam.ac.uk)
Fri, 11 Aug 2000 00:58:10 +0100 (BST)

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On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Mo McKinlay wrote:

>
> # What's perverse is it should be just CD-ROM. What am I talking
> # about... usually it _is_ just CD-ROM.
> #
> # I've never heard anyone say CD disc :-)
>
> No..but I hear people say "CD-ROM disc" regularly, though (Yes, I know
> it's "Compact Disc Read Only Memory disc", which is silly, but people use
> it).
>
> Mind you, the point I was trying to make was that it was 'disc' and not
> 'disk' in this case, I just didn't put it across very well.
>
> Apologies to those brought up in the Acorn world who use 'disc'
> exclusively. I should've known that, considering the amount of time I
> spent with the BBC B.. *grin*.
>
> Would it not be possible for devfs to cater for both spellings?

That's the approach Acorn used; seems fine by me - just make "disc" and
"disk" synonyms.

James.

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