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Date:      Mon, 8 Feb 1999 15:06:34 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
Cc:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Regarding tcpdump and plip
Message-ID:  <19990208150634.A10137@relay.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990208222829.53422@breizh.prism.uvsq.fr>; from Nicolas Souchu on Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 10:28:29PM %2B0100
References:  <xzp90e9brl4.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <199902080148.RAA09054@dingo.cdrom.com> <19990208195855.56187@breizh.prism.uvsq.fr> <xzpsocg63t5.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <19990208222829.53422@breizh.prism.uvsq.fr>

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> +# Parallel port bus framework with nlpt (printer), plip (network).

What does ``nlpt'' stand for?  If "New LPT" or something similarly
useless, then can't we keep the "lpt" name that is standard across PCs
and just change the usage to:

    device lpt0 at ppbus?

The number of name changes for devices in FreeBSD is reaching an alarming
rate, messes with POLA, and many are simply gratuitous.

-- 
-- David    (obrien@NUXI.com  -or-  obrien@FreeBSD.org)

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