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To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4 sa.4 
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From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
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In message <20000508195152.754C01CE3@overcee.netplex.com.au> Peter Wemm writes:
: "r" was to distinguish raw vs. block.  There is now no distinction so IMHO
: we should use 'devname' not 'rdevname' by default.  But I still think we
: should create both /dev nodes (r and non-r) for some time, but both as
: character devices.

Tapes are a special case.  We already multiplex n for non-rewind
devices, e for high density tapes, etc.  They aren't simple devices.

At worst, I could at least we agree that we need both entries in /dev
for a while.

Warner


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