From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Feb 8 15:50:41 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA25240 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 15:50:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA25232 for ; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 15:50:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01350; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 15:41:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199902082341.PAA01350@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: obrien@NUXI.com cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav , Mike Smith , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Regarding tcpdump and plip In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 08 Feb 1999 15:06:34 PST." <19990208150634.A10137@relay.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 15:41:32 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > +# 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. As soon as 'lpt' is gone from config's data, yes. You can't have more than one instance of a given name, hence the new name. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message