Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 14:09:34 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu (Steve Kargl) Cc: naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber), freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tape device names and devfs Message-ID: <200103062209.OAA20679@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <200103062118.f26LI3G11355@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> from Steve Kargl at "Mar 6, 2001 01:18:03 pm"
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> Christian Weisgerber wrote: > > Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > > > > I haven't heard any screaming yet. Besides, this is -CURRENT. > > devfs has also abandoned symlinks for 'r' disk devices. > > > > The "r" in tape device names has traditionally meant "r"ewind. > The "r" in disk names (such as rda0) meant a "r"aw device. That is incorrect. r is raw in both cases. n is used to designate non-rewind devices. Please read mtio(4) and sa(4). non-raw tape devices don't make since... they aren't random block addressable devices. > Raw devices (or block devices) were removed from current. The > rewind and non-rewind tape device names were changed under > devfs from rsa0 and nrsa0 to sa0 and nsa0, (which IMHO > violates POLA). > > I suspect we'll hear scream when 5.0 is released and early > adopters start to have their backup scripts die. > > -- > Steve > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > -- Rod Grimes - KD7CAX @ CN85sl - (RWG25) rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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