From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 26 18:20:17 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 1233) id 73ADA1065676; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:20:17 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:20:17 +0000 From: Alexander Best To: Doug Barton Message-ID: <20110426182017.GA92471@freebsd.org> References: <4DB70949.6090104@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4DB70949.6090104@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.org, Alexander Motin Subject: Re: Why not just name the cam-ata devices the same as the old names? X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:20:17 -0000 On Tue Apr 26 11, Doug Barton wrote: > Alexander, > > I'm not nearly as smart as you are, so please explain to me like I'm > dense. :) Why can we not simply give the devices created by ata-cam the > same names they have under the old ata system? personally i think maintaining backwards compatibility to adX is unnecessary. the adaY names will appear in 9.0. anybody upgrading to a major new release should expect to adjust certain config files and it's not really a big deal. other parts like networking e.g. change variable names for /etc/rc.conf quite often and even when bumping the minor version number. however why ATA_CAM is using adaX and not keep the adY naming convention i do not know. cheers. alex ps: i know your question was referring to alexander motin. ;) just wanted to blabber out my 0.02$. ;) > > > Thanks, > > Doug > > -- > > Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. > -- OK Go > > Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. > Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/ > -- a13x