Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 19:45:10 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> To: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Cc: julian@freefall.cdrom.com (Julian Elischer), fs@freefall.cdrom.com, hackers@freefall.cdrom.com, hardware@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: [DEVFS] your opinions sought! Message-ID: <11084.798345910@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 19 Apr 95 11:16:27 MDT." <9504191716.AA18992@cs.weber.edu>
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> /dev/dsk/... block disk
> /dev/rdsk/... raw disk
> /dev/tty/... tty device
> /dev/ttym/... modem control tty device
I like these..
> /dev/ptm/... master pty
> /dev/pts/... slave pty
I think these could be better named. /dev/pty/{m,s}/?
> /dev/con/... console (keyboard, mouse, display, sound)
I think the keyboard and display, maybe, but the mouse and sound?
Hmmmm! I'd much prefer keeping /dev/audio and /dev/mouse "flat" since
/dev/con is *not* the first location that would intuitively spring to
mind if I were looking for them! At the very least, I'd expect
/dev/sound/{midi,speaker,...} and /dev/mouse/{bus,serial,...}
> /dev/mem
> /dev/kmem
> /dev/null
> /dev/zero
> /dev/tty
All good.
> Then there are compatability issues:
>
> /dev/icmp
> /dev/tcp
> /dev/udp
> /dev/spx
> /dev/ip
> /dev/ipx
> /dev/socksys
> /dev/fd096ds15
> etc.
/dev/net/ might also not be a bad hierarchy - there are enough of
these that they probably need to be tucked down a level.
Jordan
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